This is Plutus, the Greek god of wealth, prosperity, abundance, and agriculture. His name is derived from the Greek etymology “ploutos,” which means “wealth.” Thousands of years ago, many Greeks believed that calling upon Plutus can open the doors of…
Have you heard of Moneta, the Roman goddess of money. It is from her name that the words ‘money’, ‘monetary’ and ‘mint’ were derived. In ancient Rome, it was in her temple that money was coined. The image of the…
Our yesterday’s discussion on biblical historicity/ interpretation seemed to have brought more confusion to many of our Christians here. Well, I am not surprised that it did. Neither you nor I is the problem. Our poor educational background especially with…
1) The text in question reads: “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will…
Fr Angelo Chidi Unegbu (22/02/2022) Do you know that in Igboland (and many other nations), the same reason that made people embrace education, is the same reason they embraced the “modern miracle” churches, and also the same reason they are…
By Rev Fr Angelo Chidi Unegbu ([email protected]) At the beginning of the Nigeria-Biafra War in 1967, the missionaries were ordered, or rather given the permission to leave Nigeria for their own safety, but they all decided to stay with their…
Fr Angelo Chidi Unegbu (17.02.2022) Fr Alban Aguezeala, a priest of Orlu Catholic diocese, narrating his discussion in an Interview with one of the expelled missionaries, Fr Richard Thornton, wrote: “I actually met one of them a few years ago…
Owing to the roles the Catholic missionaries played during the Nigeria-Biafra war, the American _Newsweek_ of 23 September 1968 declared that, “never before has the face of Catholicism appeared so attractive.” Picture: Fr Kelvin Doheny CSSp feeding the children during…
BISHOP MARK UNEGBU’S OWN ACCOUNT “The expulsion of missionaries from Biafra was another inhuman act, which we never thought of nor imagined. Isolated in a parish in the Okigwe section of Umuahia diocese where I had taken refuge, one of…
Do you you that the Nigerian government imposed land, sea and air blockade in Biafran territories during the war in order to prevent food, meditation and other supplies from reaching the Biafran enclave? But someone broke the blockade rule. His…
