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Catholic Church in Nigeria

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah speaking at a high-level town hall meeting on the promotion of peace and security in the North-western Nigeria held in Sokoto Tuesday, August 8. Credit: The Kukah Centre

“Let us fight them together”: Catholic Bishop in Nigeria on Persistent Insecurity

Aug 9, 2023

The Catholic Bishop of Nigeria’s Sokoto Diocese has called on citizens in the West African nation to unite forces in order to fight persistent insecurity.

Archbishop Antonio Guido Filipazzi. Credit: Nigeria Catholic Network (NCN)

Apostolic Nuncio in Nigeria to Represent Pope Francis in Poland in New Appointment

Aug 8, 2023

Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Antonio Guido Filipazzi, currently Apostolic Nuncio in Nigeria as his representative in the central European nation of Poland.

Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama administering the Sacrament of Confirmation at St. Augustine’s Pastoral Area, Pyape II of the Archdiocese of Abuja. Credit: Abuja Archdiocese

Catholic Archbishop Blames Divisions in Nigeria on Ignorance of “God’s Word”

Aug 7, 2023

The Archbishop of Nigeria’s Abuja Archdiocese has blamed the religious and ethnic divisions in the West African nation on the people’s bitterness and their failure to listen and act upon the Word of God.

Credit: Abuja Archdiocese

Learn from King Solomon: Catholic Archbishop Cautions Nigerian Leaders against Materialism

Aug 7, 2023

The Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja in Nigeria has challenged leaders in the West African country to learn from King Solomon in the Bible who, though a young leader, was deeply concerned about the well-being of the people he was governing.

John Cardinal Onaiyekan. Credit: Oyo Diocese/Facebook

Nigeria’s Current President Holding Office Temporarily: Cardinal

Aug 6, 2023

Nigeria will only have a president when the court listens to all election petitions and either confirms or revokes Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s presidency, John Cardinal Onaiyekan has said.

John Cardinal Onaiyekan. Credit: ACI Africa

Nigerian Cardinal Urges Election Tribunals to Hasten Mandate for Country’s Unity

Aug 5, 2023

John Cardinal Onaiyekan of Nigeria is calling upon election tribunals working on the February and March poll petitions to speed up their assignments for the West African nation to regain unity.

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Prayer Appeal Sent for Missionary Priest, Seminarian Abducted from Nigerian Diocese

Aug 3, 2023

The Catholic Diocese of Minna in Nigeria has sent out a prayer appeal for the safe release of a Priest and seminarian reportedly abducted from the Diocese on Thursday, August 3.

Bishop Mark Maigida Nzukwein of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Wukari. Credit: Nigeria Catholic Network

Catholic Bishop in Nigeria Decries Communal Clashes, Calls for “a breathing space”

Aug 3, 2023

The Bishop of Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Wukari covering the Southern Taraba Zone that is facing communal clashes has decried the conflict calling for peace as “a breathing space” to realize development in the zone.

A recent mass burial of victims of Fulani attacks in Riyom, local government area served by St. Laurence Parish of Nigeria's Catholic Archdiocese of Jos. Credit: Fr. George Barde

“We are on our own”: Christians in Nigeria Convinced Soldiers Working with Islamists

Aug 2, 2023

An incident that happened recently in Riyom Local Government Area of Nigeria’s Plateau State where Fr. George Barde had gone to conduct a mass burial of victims of Fulani attacks opened the eyes of the locals, especially Christians, to a harsh reality: that they are on their own, faced with the raging Islam jihad in the West African country.

Fr. George Barde, the parish priest of St. Laurence Parish Riyom of Nigeria's Catholic Archdiocese of Jos celebrates Mass at St. Augustine Catholic Church Rim. The church in Rim no longer has male participants in services as many of them have been killed by armed Fulani herdsmen. Credit: Fr. George Barde

Priest in Nigeria Pained by Killing of Last Man at Catholic Outstation

Aug 1, 2023

Pam Babos was the last man standing at St. Augustine Catholic Church Rim, one of the seven outstations of St. Laurence Parish Riyom in Nigeria’s Archdiocese of Jos.

Caritas Nigeria members with copies of the 2023 General Elections Observation Report. Credit: Nigeria Catholic Network

Nigeria’s 2023 Election was Marred by Violence, Voter Intimidation: Caritas

Jul 31, 2023

The 2023 presidential and gubernatorial elections in Nigeria were marred by various irregularities including violence, vote buying, and intimidation of voters, the Executive Secretary of Caritas Nigeria has  said.

Credit: Caritas Internationalis (CI)

Nigerian Woman Finds Solace in Caritas Project against Human Trafficking

Jul 30, 2023

Tunde Blessing, a 24-year-old woman from Nigeria’s Edo State, was lured to Libya with false promises of work opportunities in Italy. 

Credit: CAN

Nigeria’s Christian Leaders Push for Economic Policies that Address “prevailing hardships”

Jul 30, 2023

Christian leaders in Nigeria are calling on the government to formulate economic policies that will address the country’s “prevailing hardships”.

Credit: Intersociety

Activists Decry “State Extremism” Following Ban Backed by Christian Leaders in Nigeria

Jul 29, 2023

The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has condemned the criminalization of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Monday ‘sit-at-home’ order in Nigeria’s Enugu State, saying that the move amounts to impunity. 

Logo of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN)/ Credit: CAN

Christian Leaders in Nigeria Back Protests to End Forced "sit-at-home" Order

Jul 26, 2023

Christian leaders in Nigeria’s Enugu State have joined civil society entities that are opposed to the forced “sit-at-home” order issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), a separatist group in the West African country.

Logo of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN)/ Credit: CAN

Nigeria’s Small-scale Farmers Playing “crucial role” in Food Security: Christian Leaders

Jul 24, 2023

Small-scale farmers in Nigeria are playing a “crucial role” in addressing the challenge of food security in Africa in general, and the West African nation in particular, members of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) have said. 

Logo Intersociety. Credit: Intersociety

Alarm as Over 50 Militia Groups Rise against Christians in Nigeria

Jul 22, 2023

Over 50 armed groups, most of them jihadist movements, have sprung up in Nigeria since 2015 targeting Christians, a new report by the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has established.

John Cardinal Onaiyekan. Credit: COFP Foundation

“Never experienced anything like this before”: Nigerian Cardinal on Last General Elections

Jul 21, 2023

The West African nation has conducted multiple general elections, but the last one had so many flaws that it is “unparallelled”, John Cardinal Onaiyekan has said. 

Bishop Stephen Dami Mamza during the launch of the Green Revolution Tree Campaign in Yola Diocese. Credit: Yola Diocese

Catholic Diocese in Nigeria to “fight desert encroachment” in Tree Planting Initiative

Jul 21, 2023

The leadership of the Catholic Diocese of Yola in Nigeria has launched a campaign to plant thousands of trees aimed at addressing the “desert encroachment” and other related challenges.

Credit: ACN

Africa Listed as Top Beneficiary of 2022 Aid to the Church in Need Donations

Jul 20, 2023

The people of God in Africa benefited the most from the donations that were channeled through Catholic Pontifical and charity foundation, Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International.