The Vatican has officially turned down a request from the German Bishops’ Conference to allow qualified laypeople, including women, to deliver the homily during Mass.
Catholic priests of Kaduna Archdiocese have defied the insecurity ravaging the Kaduna-Kachia axis by visiting the Awan community, where 12 people are still with bandits, to offer them hope.
The Catholic Bishop of Lafia, situated in Nasarawa State, central Nigeria, alongside his Priests, Religious, and members of the Laity, have marked the 25 years of the erection of their diocese with a pilgrimage to a memorial site where missions began in the region.
Priests of Wukari Diocese have lamented the destruction of Church property in two parishes worth over N100 million in Adu and Atav communities in Takum Local Government Area (LGA) of Taraba State, North-Eastern Nigeria, by suspected Fulani militia.
No fewer than 10 priests, 7 parishes and 20 Outstation Churches have been adversely affected by protracted attacks in Wukari Diocese, north-east Nigeria, where St. Mary’s Cathedral was recently gutted by a fire caused by an electrical fault.
Led by African priests, Scottish and Nigerian faithful recently gathered for prayers across various Churches to reflect and pray for the travails of the West African country.
