“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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Do you know that for most doors that we have been knocking at and calling on all the spirits in the world to open for us, someone around us could be in possession of the key to them? Do you…
In this video you will see Bishop Joseph B. Whelan, the first bishop of Owerri Catholic diocese, addressing the faithful in the war-torn Assumpta cathedral Owerri. Whelan was arrested after the war, imprisoned and later deported to Ireland together with…
