The Catholic Church celebrates today the feast of the presentation of Jesus in the temple according to the customs and traditions of the Jews. This reminds us, among other things, of the importance of keeping to the customs and traditions…
Fr Angelo Chidi Unegbu (27.01.2022) My dear brother Ejiofo, you are not the only one who is worried over the excesses of some men and women of God in Africa and their followers, but burning a Bible or abusing the…
“Christ has no body now but yours. No hands, no feet on earth but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks compassion on this world. Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good. Yours are…
Among many African Christians there are always spirits incharge of every unfavourable situation. There are, for instance, spirits in charge of poverty, barenness, road accidents, fire outbreak, cancer, fibroids, mental sickness and so on. Hence it does worry us that…
The 3rd Sunday of advent is traditionally known in the Catholic Church as ‘Gaudete’. This word originates from the Latin introit of the 3rd Sunday of Advent: “Gaudete in Domino semper” which translates as “rejoice in the Lord all the…
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…
Exactly 136 years ago, 20 November 1885, the Holy Ghost Fathers missionaries arrived Southern Nigeria. Their first port of arrival was Akassa (Bayelsa state). They were 4 missionaries in all: Fr Joseph Lutz (32 years old), Fr John Horne (27),…
A polish woman told me a joke some years ago about church collection. The joke gows thus: A priest was asked what he does with the offertory/ monetary collection people give every Sunday. In his reply, the priest said that…
1) During the medieval age, Christians believed that raising magnificient Churches and towers were the best ways of honouring God who is the maker of all things. No gift is seen to be too big for him. With this belief,…
In 2000, Pope John Paul II, in the name of Church apologised to the world for some errors carried out in the name of the Church. Among other things he said: “Let us ask pardon for the divisions which have…
