Despite over a decade’s insurgency in the North-East, the vocation to the Catholic priesthood remains strong in the Diocese of Maiduguri, as five young men were on Thursday raised to the Order of Priesthood.
The African continent has overtaken Europe in the number of Catholics, emerging as the continent with the second-largest Catholic population in the world after the Americas, according to a new statistical report released by the Vatican’s Fides News Agency.
African Bishops, through the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), have voiced strong support for the Catholic Archbishop of Lusaka in Zambia, Alick Banda, following his recent release after being arrested in connection with a Toyota Hilux allegedly tied to former president Edgar Lungu, amid a post-election crackdown on dissenting voices.
The Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Lusaka, Most Rev. Dr. Alick Banda, has been granted bail after pleading not guilty to charges of unlawfully possessing a vehicle believed to have been obtained illegally.
An American-based advocacy organisation, the Patrick Anum Advocacy Group has petitioned the Nigerian authorities to investigate controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir based in Jos Plateau the Middle Belt Capital over what it described as alleged religious incitement, threats to public order and conduct capable of provoking inter-communal violence in the fragile State in Nigeria.
Fiery Nigerian Pastor Ezekiel Dachomo expressed gratitude to Donald Trump for highlighting the struggles of persecuted Christians during the recent United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 81) in New York, and urged the global community to pay more attention to the attacks on Christians in the West African country.
The former Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury in the United Kingdom, Bishop Justin Welby has said the suffering of the people of Plateau State is increasingly being heard around the world, stressing the need for concerted efforts to end the bloodshed and restore peace in the Middle Belt state of Nigeria.
Blessed Archbishop Fulton Sheen, a celebrated American Catholic prelate, is venerated for his profound devotion to the holy hour, exceptional communication skills, and powerful preaching.
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) has warned that the country’s deepening insecurity, poverty, failing infrastructure and what it described as assaults on human dignity are threatening the social fabric of the nation, calling on government, political leaders and citizens to work together to restore hope and build a society centred on the value of human life.
The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBNC) has raised objections to the Foreign Aids Regulation, Transparency and Disclosure Bill 2026, which has passed through first and second readings in the country’s National Assembly.
