President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja for Rome, the capital of Italy, on Saturday at the invitation of Pope Leo XIV.
Accompanied by top Catholic leaders, President Tinubu will attend a solemn mass marking the beginning of the Pontificate of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, the 267th Bishop of Rome and the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
In a gesture of compassion and commitment to the dignity of every human life, Most Rev. Dr. Matthew Hassan Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, on Tuesday 17th June 2025, has donated wheelchairs to the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Kware, Sokoto State.
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Most Revd (Dr) Matthew Hassan Kukah, has mourned the passing of former President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that the former President was a good man.
The former Secretary General of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, in a telephone interview with Daily Sun, urged Nigerians not to allow Buhari’s eight-year rule to overshadow his good nature.
He prayed God to grant former President Buhari eternal rest and give consolation to his family.
“What a great honor for our country,” President Trump said of the election of the Catholic Church’s new Chicago-born pope on May 8, 2025. | Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
May 08, 2025
Cardinal Robert Prevost, the American-born missionary who had served for years in Peru before being named prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, has been elected as Roman Pontiff, choosing the name Pope Leo XIV.
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Let me start with a conceptual clarification regarding the title and topic of this lecture. Not unexpectedly, my first reaction is to ask what is a broken truth? What does an unbroken truth look like? When we speak of truth, we immediately recall the trial of Jesus before Pilate: When Jesus said to Pilate that He had come to bear witness to the Truth, Pilate replied, ‘Truth, what is that’? (Jn.18: 38). Truth has been and remains a contested concept precisely because its very veracity depends on a range of other options.
Father Louis M. Thevalakara OSJ, Official of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Says: ‘While this is a time of great celebration, we should remember that the most fitting way to honor our Mother would be to find Jesus’ presence in the poor, irrespective of caste or creed, and to serve them as she did’
I welcome all of you to the city of Sokoto and in a special way thank God for the traveling mercies He has granted to all of you. We are most gratified by the fact that you found us worthy to be honoured with hosting your meeting. We hope that you will find your visit very much of an eye opener.