Articles by Jude Atemanke
Nigerian Catholic religious sister wins $1.2 million Opus Prize
Nov 18, 2024 / 11:40 amSister Francisca Ngozi Uti, the founder and executive director of the Centre for Women Studies and Intervention in Abuja, Nigeria, won he 2024 Opus Prize.
Cardinal Arinze cautions priests against lengthy homilies
Nov 17, 2024 / 07:00 am“A homily well prepared should last around 10 minutes. A university lecture of 45 minutes is for a different setting,” Cardinal Francis Arinze said.
Rector of minor seminary in Nigeria released after 10-day captivity
Nov 7, 2024 / 15:30 pmFather Thomas Oyode, the rector of the Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary in Nigeria’s Diocese of Auchi who was abducted Oct. 27, has been freed.
Catholic journalist murdered in Democratic Republic of Congo eulogized as ‘man of peace’
Oct 4, 2024 / 14:45 pmEdmond Bahati Mbarushimana, a journalist for Radio Maria Goma, was hailed as “a faithful servant, committed and conscientious in everything he did.”
Catholic communities in Burkina Faso ‘constantly living in fear’
Sep 5, 2024 / 06:00 amTwo Catholic priests serving in Burkina Faso have spoken about the threats that terrorist groups pose to Christians in the country.
Cardinal Turkson explores evolution of power in Church, society in Kenya college lecture
Aug 23, 2024 / 05:30 amGhanaian-born Cardinal Peter Turkson gave a lecture to open the new school year at the Nairobi, Kenya-based Hekima University College.
Catholic bishops in Nigeria condemn liturgical abuses, call for immediate reforms
Aug 19, 2024 / 12:45 pmBishops expressed concern about a rising trend of deviations from established liturgical norms, warning that such practices are a source of scandal.
Number of Catholic priests for Nigerian diocese surpasses 400 with 23 new ordinations
Aug 13, 2024 / 18:58 pmThe number of Catholic priests serving Nigeria’s Diocese of Nsukka has surpassed 400 following the ordination of 23 new priests on Aug. 10.
Bishops in East Africa commit to creating ‘safe, nurturing church environment’ for minors
Jul 8, 2024 / 07:00 amIn a statement following their July 1–4 meeting on safeguarding children and vulnerable adults, the bishops said they are “deeply saddened by the pain caused by abuse.”
Catholic bishops in Sudan: ‘Fabric of Sudanese society has been torn apart’
Jul 2, 2024 / 13:00 pmMembers of the Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference released a statement following their June 27–29 meeting expressing alarm about the country’s civil war.
Nigeria archdiocese appeals for prayers for priest abducted from parish rectory
Jun 10, 2024 / 17:00 pmThe Archdiocese of Kaduna is appealing for the “urgent and safe release” of Father Gabriel Ukeh, who was abducted from his parish rectory on June 9.
Nuncio in Kenya: Church in Europe is losing ‘its inner compass’
May 29, 2024 / 16:00 pmArchbishop Hubertus van Megen recently highlighted some of the weaknesses of the Church in Europe, which he said reflect an orientation toward secularism.
Nigeria diocese orders immediate closure of Catholic school after attack
May 10, 2024 / 13:00 pmThe Diocese of Makurdi in Nigeria has ordered the immediate closure of Father Angus Frazer Memorial High School after an attack on the institution.
Botswana diocese mourns loss of bishop who collapsed during Mass
May 8, 2024 / 18:28 pmThe Kenyan-born member of Society of the Divine Word of Indian origin turned 74 on March 18.
Uganda’s Catholic dioceses notified of limited stock of altar wine for Mass
May 7, 2024 / 13:32 pmCatholic dioceses in Uganda have been notified of a limited stock of wine for Masses due to delays in shipping.
Democratic Republic of Congo bishops: Amid growth of Church ‘the Congolese state is dead’
Apr 28, 2024 / 07:00 amCatholic bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo have denounced the insecurity and violence in their dioceses.
Lifting of moratorium on death penalty in Congo ‘a step backwards,’ cardinal says
Mar 22, 2024 / 07:00 amIn a March 17 interview, Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo said he finds it “abnormal that a government that claims to be responsible could take such a decision.”
African cardinal: Fiducia Supplicans seen as ‘cultural colonization, Western imperialism’
Mar 20, 2024 / 09:00 amIn a March 17 interview, Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo deplored the lack of “synodality” in the release of the DDF document Fiducia Supplicans.
Two missionary priests who were kidnapped in Nigeria released
Feb 12, 2024 / 12:00 pmFather Kenneth Kanwa and Father Jude Nwachukwu were taken from the rectory at St. Vincent de Paul Fier Parish in the Diocese of Pankshin on Feb. 1.
Nigeria fast becoming a hostile killing field, Catholic bishops in Ibadan province say
Feb 12, 2024 / 09:00 amFollowing a recent two-day meeting, Catholic Church leaders said in a statement that “all is not well and positive change is needed.”