On the 1st of March 2020, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria CBCN carried out a peaceful protest against the killings of Nigerian citizens. The peaceful protest was the second action the Catholic Bishops carried out as a National Conference during this Lenten period. We remember that a few days before the beginning of Lent, the bishops asked Catholics, both within the country and in the diaspora, to dress in black on…
This article came from a series of tweets made by the author on his Twitter handle @mcginger22. He tweeted them very early in the morning of 28 February 2020. It is a reassuring message coming from someone who has first-hand information on the preparedness of our great team. It is indeed worth sharing! “Current MD of Infectious Disease Clinic Yaba Lagos, Dr Ambimbola Bowale is a veteran IPC personnel. He was…
L’année passée, le Pape François avait convoqué un synode pour réfléchir[1] sur la situation de l’Église locale des diocèses d’Amazonie. Et, en toute humilité, il a voulu inclure l’Église universelle dans cette réflexion. Mais, ce que le Pape aurait peut-être ignoré, c’est que l’égoïsme a longtemps été christianisé dans nos sociétés. Voici comment les mois qui ont précédé ce synode furent un moment d’épreuve pour la papauté de François. Dans divers milieux ecclésiaux…
Many people think that the three greatest monotheistic religions are solely related to one another because of their belief in one God. Evidently, it is one of the things they share, but that is not all. There is this other aspect which, though is often ignored, remains one of the greatest aspects of the monotheistic belief. It is the belief in the coming of the Messiah. Yet, there are some serious differences…
A Pastoral Statement by the Catholic Bishops Conference, Owerri Ecclesiastical Province, Issued at the End of their First Plenary Meeting held at the Assumpta Pastoral Centre, Owerri, from the 21st to 22ndJanuary, 2020. Preamble We, the Catholic Bishops of the Owerri Ecclesiastical Province, held our first Plenary meeting of the year at the Assumpta Pastoral Centre, Owerri, from the 21st – 22nd of January, 2020. Having deliberated on a number of pastoral…
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Part I Part II 5. Afrika Let me clear these points before examining the role that Africa is called to play now. I know there might be a tendency to make references to some individual theologians to buttress African contributions to Christian theology. However, I think there is a necessity to address the myth. Not being a theologian, I might be very wrong on this point, but I have to confess that…
Africa is blessed with varied languages and cultures, but her diversity has never been transformed into richness. She has been bleeding since she was fragilized by the colonial system and its post-colonial mismanagement. The blatancy of her fragility is so aberrant that she cannot even define her stand on issues like literature and religion. She has been so dealt with that she ignores how to value her cultures and languages. In his…
Nigerian musicians are full of surprises. They sing in all sorts of languages, ranging from the vernaculars through pidgin to well-polished English. But what is easily ignored is that there is a symbiosis between their music and our social norms. They interact in such a way that each one of them influences the other. Society tries to adapt to what they propose to her, and the musicians also try to adjust their…
One of the greatest way to teach kids is through poems. I hope to propose few of them, in Children’s Corner, with time for children’s consumption. Watch out for the series. They might be the ones your kids already know but repetition, they say, is the mother of science. Help them to learn it, if possible by heart and see the effects with time. THE CLOCK “Tick,” says the clock,…
How many minutes does it take to make a good homily? This is a typical question that normally divides theological students at the end of every mass. The question is sometimes asked not only by theological students, as we can always read it in the faces of many Christians whenever they are liberated after being trapped in a long and unending homily. Which unfortunately characterizes most of our liturgical activities nowadays. Occasionally,…
