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Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu

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Africa Must “return love for love,” Vatican-based Nigerian Catholic Archbishop Calls for Renewed Missionary Zeal Abroad

Oct 31, 2025

The Secretary of the Vatican Dicastery for Evangelization has called upon the people of God in Africa to “return love for love,” embracing renewed missionary zeal, and sharing the spiritual fruits sown by early missionaries.

Missionaries from Africa Not “agents of rescue” to the West: Vatican Official

Aug 13, 2025

The contribution of African Clergy and women and men Religious to the West is not a sign of Western deficiency but a fruit of shared faith, the Secretary of the Vatican Dicastery for Evangelization has said, and cautioned missionaries from Africa against the temptation to present themselves as “agents of rescue" to the Church that is said to be experiencing a decline in vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life.

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African Religious Orders Challenged to Meet Local Needs Before Sending Priests Abroad

Aug 13, 2025

“A Church that fails to care for its own cannot credibly claim to care for others.” This is what the Secretary for the Vatican Dicastery for Evangelization, Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, believes.

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Vatican Official Proposes Creation of “missionary welcome centres” in the West for Incoming African Priests

Aug 12, 2025

The Secretary for the Vatican Dicastery for Evangelization has weighed in on the possibility of the Church in the West establishing places where Priests coming from Africa could be equipped with skills to efficiently respond to the pastoral needs of their Episcopal Sees. 

Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu. Credit: ACI Africa

“Their suffering is our suffering”: Vatican Official on Christian Persecution in Nigeria, Calls for Spiritual Solidarity

Jun 30, 2025

The Secretary of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelization has denounced attacks in Northen Nigeria reportedly targeting Christians and called for spiritual solidarity with the persecuted followers of Jesus Christ, personal conversion of persecutors, and concrete action to end the violence.

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“You are called to serve, not to rule”: Vatican Official to 32 Newly Ordained Priests in Nigeria

Jun 28, 2025

The Secretary of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelization has told the 32 Deacons he ordained Priests in Nigeria that the Priesthood is a mission of service, not an opportunity to exercise authority characterized with self-interests.

June 11-14 SIGNIS Africa Conference and Regina Cultural and Art Exhibition at at Holy Ghost Cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Enugu. Credit: Gregory Odiakosa

To Boost Understanding Religious Icons, Images “must resonate with cultural” Contexts: SIGNIS Africa President

Jun 22, 2025

The leadership of the African region of the World Catholic Association for Communication, SIGNIS Africa, has underlined the need to relate religious icons, symbols and other images with cultural context to enhance understanding among the local people.

Centenary celebrations of Bigard Memorial Major Seminary in Nigeria's Enugu Diocese conclude with the ordination of 40 Deacons. Credit: Bigard Memorial Major Seminary

Nigerian Major Seminary Centenary Celebrations Conclude, 40 New Deacons Called to “a more radical holiness of life”

Nov 22, 2024

The 40 newly Ordained Deacons during Holy Mass to mark the conclusion of the centenary celebrations of Nigeria’s Bigard Memorial Major Seminary have been challenged to live a life of “radical holiness”.

Nigerian Archbishop Reminisces about “perfect” Catholic Church – Nicaraguan State Relationship before Persecution

Aug 20, 2024

Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, the Nigerian-born Vatican-based Catholic Church leader, who previously served as the Apostolic Nuncio in Nicaragua has reflected on the days before the Central American nation started experiencing religious persecution.

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Vatican-based Nigerian Catholic Archbishop Defends Holy See’s Commitment to Diversity in Diplomatic Service

Aug 19, 2024

The Holy See is increasingly diversifying the membership of its diplomatic service, a Vatican-based Nigerian Catholic Archbishop, who previously served as an Apostolic Nuncio has said.

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Meet the New Nigerian Secretary for the Vatican Dicastery for Evangelization

Mar 23, 2023

From a childhood as a war refugee to a career as a Holy See diplomat, Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu will now take on a new leadership role in one of the most important dicasteries in the Roman Curia.

Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, appointed Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization. Credit: CNA Deutsch/EWTN

Nigerian Catholic Archbishop Appointed Secretary of Vatican Dicastery for Evangelization

Mar 15, 2023

Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu as Secretary of the Dicastery for Evangelization, the Vatican section for the first evangelization and the new particular Churches that “serves the work of evangelization, so that Christ, the light of the nations, may be known and witnessed to by word and deed, and the Church, his mystical Body, may be built up.”

Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, representative of the Holy See to the European Office of the United Nations and Specialized Institutions in Geneva. Credit: CNA Deutsch/EWTN

Priests are “first and foremost bridge builders”: Nigerian-born Permanent Observer to UN

Mar 18, 2022

The representative of the Holy See to the European Office of the United Nations and Specialized Institutions in Geneva, Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, has underscored the main role of Catholic Priests saying they are “first and foremost bridge builders”.

Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, appointed as the representative of the Holy See to the United Nations and Specialized Institutions in Geneva. Credit: Antilles Episcopal Conference - AEC/Facebook

Nigerian-born Apostolic Nuncio Appointed Holy See Permanent Observer to UN in Geneva

Dec 20, 2021

Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, a member of the Clergy of Nigeria’s Aba Diocese, as the representative of the Holy See to the United Nations and Specialized Institutions in Geneva.