On the 21st May 2015, Rev. Fr Thomas Reese, sj, wrote a very nice article on his impression after visiting Nigeria, as a member of delegation from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). On his article entitled Nigeria, a land of promise and problems, and published by The National Catholic Reporter, Fr Reese, wrote, (surely from his personal observations) on how corruption, incompetence, sectarian violence and total dependence on oil…
The Catholic Bishop of Maiduguri Diocese had a vision. The Bishop is reported to have shared his vision first with his diocesan priests, then in a congress in Spain and lately with EWTN journalists. Bishop Oliver Dashe Doeme is reported by EWTN journalists to have been told by Jesus in a vision that the era of Boko Haram is coming to an end. According to the Bishop, he had the vision during…
One year today, 14th April 2014, the whole world was shocked by the news of the abduction of more than 200 school girls from Chibok, a community in Borno State of Nigeria. The incident drew attention and led to voices of concern and condemnations from different areas and works of life, among which the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, Pope Francis, Michel Obama, Malala Yousafzai etc. All those who spoke, including many…
