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Car accident reveals Catholic Priest has been stealing church offering

24Jul

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Car accident reveals Catholic Priest has been stealing church offering

A car accident in which a Catholic Priest fractured his hip, revealed that he has been stealing church offering to the tune of $95,000. When emergency workers responded to the accident in a California town last month, they saw bags of cash containing $18,305.86 allegedly stolen from the church in Father Oscar Diaz’s car. Subsequent investigation into the theft, revealed that Fr. Diaz had in his office and home, collection bags from Resurrection Parish totaling more than $95,000. “There is also evidence that money was stolen in a variety of ways from each of the parishes where he had served as pastor. I am deeply grieved that this has happened and am deeply saddened that the parishes he was sent to serve have been harmed,” Bishop Robert F. Vasa wrote in his July 22 p...

3May

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Anglican Bishop, Ogunele Dies

The Bishop of Diocese on the Coast, Church of Nigeria, (Anglican Communion) in Okitipupa Local Government area of Ondo State, Rt. Revd Ebunoluwa Ogunele is dead. According to NAN, the Anglican cleric died on Thursday in Akure, the state capital, after battling with an undisclosed illness. The town of Ilutitun in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State was on Friday thrown into mourning following the development as pastors, politicians and residents of Ilutitun and environs trooped to the Bishops Court in the town, to condole with the family of the deceased. Pastor Peter Akinyelure, Chairman, Bible Society of Nigeria (BSN), Okitipupa Chapter, described the late bishop as a great man of God, who was always ready for the service of God and huma...

Two suicide bombers attempting to invade a catholic church intercepted in Adamawa state

10Mar

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Two suicide bombers attempting to invade a catholic church intercepted in Adamawa state

Two suicide bombers who attempted to invade the St. Pius Catholic Church In Shuwa, Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa, while the church mass was ongoing this morning, were intercepted and they detonated the bomb on themselves in the process. Over 1500 parishoners were inside the church during the mass. Confirming the incident, the Bishop of Yola Diocese, Dami Mamza, who is also the state chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria CAN, said the suspected Boko Haram members aimed at gaining access into the Church while the morning mass was in progress but God’s intervention saved the day. According to Mamza, the vigilant cadet boys on patrol around the vicinity prevented the bombers from gaining entry thereby forcing the explosives to detonate before ge...

National Peace Committee Meets With Atiku, PDP Leadership

1Mar

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National Peace Committee Meets With Atiku, PDP Leadership

The National Peace Committee, led by former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, has begun moves to douse what the committee has described as rising tension in the country. This comes two days after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of the presidential election which held on Saturday, February 23, 2019. Buhari’s major challenger in the race, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has disagreed with the result as announced by the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, vowing to challenge it. The PDP is accusing the ruling party of manipulating the outcome of the election, through suppression of the party’s votes, intimidation, rigging and other electoral infractions. The APC has, however, d...

Fake Catholic priest unmasked after 18 years

25Dec

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Fake Catholic priest unmasked after 18 years

A Fake Catholic priest who has worked as cleric for more than 18 years has been dismissed by the Catholic Church in Spain. Miguel Angel Ibarra carried out weddings and baptisms, first in Colombia and then in southern Spain, despite having never been ordained. Those ceremonies will still be recognised, the Church says, but not his communions or the confessions he heard. He was found to be an impostor after a complaint was filed in Colombia. The complainant alleged Mr Ibarra had forged his documents. After a “thorough investigation”, it was found that he had never been ordained and he has now been ordered to return to Colombia, Church officials say. Mr Ibarra moved to Spain last October, settling in the town of Medina-Sidonia, which is home to more than 11,000 peo...

Breaking: Abdulsalami, Kukah, Nicholas Okoh, Others Storm INEC

25Sep

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Politics

Breaking: Abdulsalami, Kukah, Nicholas Okoh, Others Storm INEC

As part of their efforts to calm tension within the political sphere, the former head of state, Abdulsalami Abubakar together with Matthew Kukah, Catholic bishop of Sokoto diocese; former Vice-President Ebitu Ukiwe and Nicholas Okoh, Anglican bishop, Tuesday stormed the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission to discuss with the chairman of the commission, Mahmood Yakubu ways and democratic processes to adopt, to make the forthcoming 2019 presidential election a successful one. Abdulsalami who is the chairman of the peace committee seized the opportunity to urged politicians to shun violence and anything that would disrupt the forthcoming elections. His words as quoted by Thecable, “We are all aware that we are approaching the 2019 election and already you are ver...

Pope Accepts Resignation Of U.S. Bishop Accused Of Sexual Harassment

13Sep

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Pope Accepts Resignation Of U.S. Bishop Accused Of Sexual Harassment

A U.S. bishop accused of molesting adults resigned on Thursday, in the latest sex abuse scandal to rock the Catholic Church. Pope Francis Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Monsignor Michael J Bransfield as bishop of Wheeling-Charleston in the U.S. state of West Virginia, a Vatican statement said. Separately, the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston said on its website that Bransfield, 75, will be investigated over “allegations of sexual harassment of adults.” The probe is to be led by Baltimore Archbishop William Lori, who was named interim leader of the diocese. He pledged to “conduct a thorough investigation […] into the troubling allegations.” “A hotline has been established for those wishing to share any information related to this investigation,” the diocese add...

Ukwa Diocese, Anglican Communinion Crisis Lingers

29Aug

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Ukwa Diocese, Anglican Communinion Crisis Lingers

THERE is still no peace in the troubled Diocese of Ukwa [Anglican Communion] as members of the Christ Anglican Church, Akwete, headquarters of the diocese, have insisted that the embattled Bishop, Rt. Rev. Samuel Kelechi Eze must go. The church members claimed that despite the directive from the Primate through a White Paper that the alleged second wife of the Bishop should not be seen around the diocese or have anything to do with the Bishop, she allegedly still remains with him in the Bishop’s Court. But the last Archbishop Emmanuel Chukwuma-led Panel of Joint Council of Archbishops East of the Niger set up by the Primate to assess the implementation of the White Paper, exonerated Bishop Eze of the polygamy allegation, saying that it has investigated the matter and discovered t...

Resign If You Are Incapacitated – Church Tells Buhari

28Jun

By Czar Owolabi Marcus1 Comment

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Resign If You Are Incapacitated – Church Tells Buhari

The Enugu Diocese of the Anglican Communion has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to throw-in the towel if he can no longer perform owing to ill health. The Church is of the opinion that the situation was affecting the development of the country. This was part of the decisions taken by the Church during her 3rd session of the 16th Synod, which held at the Christ Redemption Church, WTC, Enugu. In a communiqué issued after the synod, which was signed by the Archbishop of the Enugu Province and Bishop of the Diocese, Most Rev. Dr. Emmanuel Chukwuma, Ven. Augustine Orah, the Synod Secretary and the Registrar, Sir, (Barr) H.B.C Ogboko, the Church said it took note of “President Muhammadu Buhari’s ill health, which has kept him out of office for long, thereby impeding the growth of the n...

Easter: Catholic Diocese Clears Fines Of 25 Prison Inmates

15Apr

By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

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Easter: Catholic Diocese Clears Fines Of 25 Prison Inmates

The Catholic Diocese of Yola on Friday paid fines of 25 inmates from the Prison, as part of activities to mark the Easter celebration. Speaking at the ceremony, Bishop Stephen Mamza, said the church paid the fine amount and got them released. The church also presented foodstuff to the remaining inmates. Mamza urged Christians to demonstrate love through sharing with the needy and underprivileged such as prisoners and internally displaced persons during such festive periods. Mamza said that the role of the Church as the body of Christ is to put a smile in the lives of the hopeless one in the society. In his remarks at the occasion, the officer in charge of the prison, Mr Idi Abubakar lauded the church for the gesture and its sustain assistance to the inmates during such festi...

Woyin Karowie Consecrated As Bishop Of Woolwich, London

17Mar

By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

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Woyin Karowie Consecrated As Bishop Of Woolwich, London

Nigerian-born Reverend (Dr) Woyin Karowie Dorgu was today consecrated as Bishop of Woolwich/Diocese of Southwark London. Reverend(Dr) Woyin Karowei Dorgu (born June 1958) is a Church of England priest and former medical doctor.In December 2016, it was announced that he would be the next Bishop of Woolwich,a suffragan Bishop in the Diocese of Southwark.He was consecrated a bishop today 17 March 2017.