Tag: Catholic Church
Pope decries attack as Benue churches mourn victims of killings
Pope Francis has decried an attack on St Ignatius Church, Mbalom, Gwer East Local Government Area in Benue State that killed 18 people, including...
16 killed in Benue church attack – Police
The Police Command in Benue has confirmed the killing of 16 people, including two Catholic priests, in fresh attacks on Mbalon community in Gwer...
2 Catholic priests killed in Benue herdsmen attack
The Catholic Diocese of Makurdi has confirmed the killing of two of its priests, Rev Fathers Joseph Gor and Felix Tyolaha, in an early...
One dies as masqueraders attack church in Anambra
One person was feared dead and 30 others injured when masqueraders invaded a church programme on Friday night in Uke, Idemili North Local Government...
Pope Francis makes U-turn, accepts resignation of rejected Ahiara bishop
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Peter Okpaleke after a five-year standoff with priests and laity in Ahiara Diocese, Imo State who...
Mass wedding: Catholic priest sponsors 53 couples in Nasarawa State
Rev. Fr. Lawrence Soja-Anyembugu of St Sylvester Catholic Church, New Nyanya and Karu in Nasarawa State has sponsored the marriage of 53 couples in...
Okorocha denies renaming street after Buhari
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has denied renaming Assumpta Avenue in Owerri, the state capital, after President Muhammadu Buhari.
A statement by the governor’s...
Nigerians should go beyond prayers in fight against corruption – Archbishop...
The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Adewale Martins, has urged Nigerians to go beyond prayers in the fight against corruption by imbibing and...
Murdered Imo Catholic priest buried
Slain Reverend Father Cyriacus Onunkwo of the Catholic Diocese of Orlu, Imo State was buried on Monday,
Onunkwo, who was the head of the diocese,...
Ozubulu shooting: Man loses wife, daughter, uncle
A member of St. Phillip’s Catholic Church in Ozubulu, Anambra State lost his wife, daughter and uncle when a gunman opened fire on worshippers...