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“Live your identity as Catholics”: President of SIGNIS Africa to Catholic Journalists
There is need for Catholic journalists in Africa and around the globe to live their identity as Catholics, the President of the African region of the World Catholic Association for Communication, SIGNIS Africa, has said.
Pope Francis Accepts Retirement of Nigeria’s Owerri Archbishop, Appoints Successor
Pope Francis has accepted the retirement of Archbishop Anthony John Valentine Obinna of the Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri in Nigeria and appointed his successor.
“Grassroot evangelization will be a priority”: Nigerian Bishop at Installation
On the occasion of his episcopal installation, the pioneer Bishop of the newly erected diocese of Ekwulobia in southeastern Nigeria, Peter Ebere Okpaleke, has said that in his pastoral ministry, he will strive to emphasize evangelization at the local level, inviting the people of God to a “personal and intimate relationship with Jesus.”
Pope Gives Nigerian “emeritus” Prelate New Diocese, Appoints Bishop in Congo-Brazzaville
Pope Francis on Thursday, March 5 announced the establishment of the diocese of Ekwulobia in south eastern Nigeria and appointed Bishop Peter Ebere Okpaleke, previously rejected by a section of the clergy and lay faithful of Nigeria’s Ahiara Diocese, as its first Local Ordinary.
