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Some members of the Nigerian Catholic Diocesan Priests' Association (NCDPA). Credit: Nigeria Catholic Network

“We must heal wounds within Church”: Catholic Diocesan Priests in Nigeria Call for Renewal, Simplicity, and Justice

Oct 30, 2025

Members of the Nigerian Catholic Diocesan Priests Association (NCDPA) have called for renewed unity, simplicity, and justice within the Church in Nigeria, urging Priests to be instruments of healing and hope in a world deeply marked by sin, injustice, poverty, and moral confusion. 

Some members of the Nigeria Catholic Diocesan Priests' Association (NCDPA). Credit: Courtesy Photo

State, Church in Nigeria to Collaborate for “holistic formation of human person”: Priests

Nov 5, 2021

In order to achieve a “holistic formation of the human person”, the State and the Church need to collaborate, Catholic Priests in Nigeria have said. 

Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, left, and The Sudan Liberation Movement-North leader, Abdel-Aziz Adam al-Hilu, hold up their hands in the conflict-affected remote town of Kauda, Nuba Mountains, Sudan, Jan. 9, 2020. / AFP

Sudan’s Separation of Religion from State not Concluded, Prelate Clarifies

Oct 7, 2020

The agreement to separate religion from the state after three decades of Islamic rule in Sudan is a matter that is still under discussion, according to a Catholic Prelate in the North-East African country.

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Missionary Congregation Joins Call for Prayers for 265 Children still Held after Nigerian School Abductions

Bishop Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala of South Sudan’s Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio (CDTY). Credit: Catholic Diocese of Tombura-Yambio (CDTY)

“A nation cannot build new roads on old wounds”: South Sudanese Catholic Bishop Urges Youth to Embrace Dialogue

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Mozambique’s National Youth Celebrations Open with Call for Young People to Lead Healing, Renewal of the Country

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South African Catholic Bishop Known for Liturgical Reform at Conference Dies at 76

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Vatican Commission Rejects Female Diaconate, Although Without a "definitive judgment"

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Catholic Bishops in Southern Africa Call for Family Centred Approach in Addressing Gender-Based Violence

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DR Congo’s Catholic Bishops Launch Construction of National Shrine Honoring Blessed Anuarite

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Powerful Moments from Pope Leo XIV’s Trip to Turkey and Lebanon

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New Coadjutor Bishop of Nkayi Diocese in Congo Brazzaville Acknowledges Fears, Appeals for Prayers

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African Centre of Theology and Canon Law Conference in Kenya Lauded as “truly an important moment”

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Christian Entity Calls for Justice for Employee Assaulted by Police in UK while Protesting Atrocities in Sudan

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Appeal for Prayers as Catholic Priest Kidnapped from Residence in Nigeria Remains Missing

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Catholic Lawyers in Nigeria Urged to Reject Bribery, Champion Integrity in Country’s Troubled Judicial System

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“Bring laughter back into our homes,” Kenyan Archbishop Urges Women to Restore Joy in Families

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Nigerian, Iraqi Priests Tell of Aiding Persecuted Christians Seen in Photo Exhibit

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Missionaries, Local Communities in Mozambique Lauded for Sustaining 80-Year-Old Catholic Mission

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