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Share The Hope In Your Heart With Gentleness

Pope Francis has announced the theme for the 2025, World Communication Day (WCD). The theme is, “Share with gentleness the hope that is in your hearts” (cf. 1Pt 3:15-16). 

e the 59th World Communication Day is scheduled for Sunday 1st June, 2025. The Holy Father says Christians and non-Christians alike, should re-examine the way they communicate with one other.

According to Vatican News, Pope Francis desires through the theme to draw attention to the violence currently prevalent in communication.

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Synod On Synodality In Progress At The Vatican

The ongoing retreat on the Synod on Synodality is progressing with call by the Holy Father Pope Francis to chat new ways of spreading evangelization.

Participants at the events among many people are the Archbishop of Abuja, Most Reverend Ignatius Kaigama and the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Most Reverend Matthew Hassan Kukah.

 

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CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF NIGERIA END MEETING.

CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF NIGERIA END MEETING. 

 

A CALL FOR PRAYER AND ACTION: TOWARDS REPENTANCE AND SPIRITUAL RENEWAL

 

A Communiqué issued at the end of the Second Plenary Meeting of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) in Auchi Diocese, Edo State at the Nezer Towers and Suites, Afowa/Afasho-Uzairue, 22 – 30 August.

 

PREAMBLE

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BISHOP KUKAH; Condoles Pastor Chris and the Embassy Church

BISHOP KUKAH; Condoles Pastor Chris and the Embassy Church

 

FIRE ENGULFED CHRIST EMBASSY HEADQUARTERS, LAGOS. 23/06/2024

 

We all woke up on this holy day of the Lord to the tragedy of a fire incident in one of your Churches in the Ikeja axis of Lagos. On behalf of myself and all of us here in Sokoto, please accept our deepest sympathies. We pray that no sacred lives were lost. 

 

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New cycle of Pope’s catechesis begins: The Holy Spirit and the Bride (the Church)

Pope Francis initiated a new cycle of catechesis, after concluding the one dedicated to vices and virtues. The Pope devoted 19 General Audiences to the cycle on vices and virtues. The theme that the Pope will address going forward is «The Spirit and the Bride – the Bride is the Church. The Holy Spirit guides the people of God to encounter Jesus, our hope

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‘Priests are not meant to walk alone’, Pope Francis

Meeting with participants in the Plenary Assembly of the Dicastery for the Clergy, the Pope emphasized formation, vocation, and the importance of the permanent diaconate.

By Adriana Masotti

Pope Francis met with participants in the Dicastery for the Clergy’s Plenary Assembly in the Vatican on Thursday morning, focusing on three main aspects: the ongoing formation of priests, the promotion of vocations, and the permanent diaconate.

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DICASTERY FOR INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE

DICASTERY FOR INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE
MESSAGE FOR THE MONTH OF RAMADAN AND ‘ID Al-FITR
1445 H. / 2024 A.D.
Christians and Muslims:
Extinguish the Fire of War and Light the Candle of Peace
Vatican City
Dear Muslim brothers and sisters,
Once again we greet you on the occasion of the month of Ramadan with a
message of closeness and friendship, aware of the importance of this month for your
spiritual journey and for your family and social life, which also embraces your
Christian friends and neighbours.

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Priest Of Sokoto Diocese Reintegrated By Bishop Kukah After 7 Years Of Absence

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Northwest Nigeria, Most Reverend Matthew Hassan Kukah has formally received back to the Diocese, Rev. Fr. Thomas Nwachukwu who left the Diocese on health grounds in 2017.

He reportedly went to Ghana where he fraternized with and pledged loyalty to a pastor, the video of which went viral. He made the trip to Ghana and engaged in such activity without the knowledge and approval of his Bishop. On his return to his Parish in Kaura Namoda, Zamfara State, he came down with stroke.

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Bishop Kukah Receives Mundo Negro Award

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Northwest Nigeria Most Reverend Matthew Hassan Kukah has received the 2023 Mundo Negro Award.

The award was announced last year by the board of the Spain based Mundo Negro magazine. The focus of the magazine is among others, to identify and honour individuals who, through their work, promote the cause of the black race everywhere in the world.

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BLOOD & CRUCIFIXION ON THE PLATEAU

4: Sadly, with time, Nigerians are gradually losing hope in the ability of their government to protect and secure them. While we religious leaders have continued to use our moral authority to encourage our people not to take the laws into their hands, we risk being swept away by the anger and frustration of our people. We even risk being seen as accomplices to an erring state. The Nigerian state itself risks becoming an undertaker in the eyes of its citizens. Our cups of sorrow are overflowing. We have cried enough tears.

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'Keep Watch Over The Heart, Recognize And Reject Evil', Pope Francis

Beginning a new series of catechesis on the virtues and the vices opposed to them, Pope Francis at his weekly General Audience explains how the Scriptures and the masters of the spiritual life urge us to reject evil at its root and highlights the importance of safeguarding the heart.
 

By Thaddeus Jones

Pope Francis welcomed pilgrims attending his General Audience in the Paul VI Hall on this Wednesday, just two days after Christmas.

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Passage Of Governor Akeredolu And Speaker Na'abba: Bishop Kukah's Tribute

I join millions of Nigerians but especially the people of Ondo and Kano States to mourn the death of two of Nigeria’s illustrious sons, His Excellency, Ladi Akeredolu , SAN, now late Governor of Ondo State and Alhaji Ghali Na’abba, former  Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives.  I knew and interacted with both men over the state of our dear country at different fora for well over twenty years.

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Sokoto Catholic Diocese Ordains 10 Deacon; The First Since Its Erection

Sokoto Catholic Diocese Ordains 10 Deacon; The First Since Its Erection

 

History has been made in the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Northwest Nigeria with the ordination of ten deacons. Before now, the highest was six, during the time of the late Bishop Emeritus Kevin Aje who passed few years ago.

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‘Holy Orders is Reserved for Men’, Pope Francis

Pope Francis reaffirmed the impossibility of women becoming priests, or even modern Church deacons, in an interview for a book released Tuesday in Italy.

The question of whether some women in the early Church were “deaconesses” or another kind of collaborator with the bishops is “not irrelevant, because holy orders is reserved for men,” the pope said.

 

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