Today is Protestant Reformation Day. It is a day set apart in Germany to remember the 95 theses of Martin Luther against certain teachings, especially as regards indulgence and the forgiveness of sins in the Catholic Church. Luther was then…
Where are the Regina Pacis Model Secondary School students whose scientific inventions made news 5 years ago or so? Where are the sticks they developed “to assist the visually impaired community that is said to be capable of “detecting obstacles…
This is Riya Karumanchi, the Canadian high school student who designed the smartCANE, “a device with advanced sensing technology to help the blind better navigate.” At the age of 16 she has already developed this. Actually, the white cane—that simple…
“It is said that a dispassionate young man approached the Greek philosopher and casually said, “O great Socrates, I come to you for knowledge.” The philosopher took the young man down to the sea, waded in with him, and then…
My family is one of the first families that became Christians in Nigeria. In 1944, we had already a priest (Bishop Mark Unegbu) in the family. In 1948, we had the second priest (Msgr Edward Nwafo of CKC Aba). In…
One thing we cannot take away from Christian mission in Africa, especially in Nigeria, is the alternative education system and also alternative to health care management that came with it. Sadly, these achievements have been blurred by the fact they…
By Rev Fr Angelo Chidi Unegbu (written on 26.10.2020) 1) My dear gallant fallen youths; you went out to peacefully march on the streets in order to sooth the scars of your wounded Nation. Carrying nothing in your hands but…
Here is the pope addressing the members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in Vatican. Do you know that the man who discovered the BIG BANG theory, Monsignor Georges Lemaitre, a Belgian Catholic priest, was elected a member of this…
Did the animal painted by so many religious stories actually exist at any time? The answer is No. It was just a mere imagination of the authors that connoted various things. “The first dragon myths appear with the Sumerian legends…
Around 5 centuries before Christ, the Europeans you know today had exactly the same religious mentality we have in many regions of Africa today. They once believed that our day-to-day actions and events are determined by some spiritual forces up…
