Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria

COVID-19: 30-Month Ban On Handshakes During Mass Suspended

September 19, 2022 6:12 am

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, has directed that handshakes popularly known as ‘Kiss of Peace’ should resume, during the celebration of mass after suspending the Eucharistic practice 30 months ago.

It also urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to do everything within their powers to ensure the technology was transparently deployed to increase the confidence of the people in the electoral process

The suspension followed the World Health Organisation’s declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic as a global health emergency in the year 2020.

The decision to lift the suspension was taken during proceedings of the just-concluded second …

Political Campaigns On The Pulpit Banned By Catholic Church

September 17, 2022 3:31 am

The Catholic Church has called on its priests to henceforth restrain from using the pulpit for political campaigns even as the church would encourage every adult Nigerian to participate actively in the forthcoming election and not leave it to career politicians alone.

In a nine-point resolution made at the end of the meeting between the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) and the Nigeria Catholic Diocesan Priests Association of Nigeria (NCDPA) held at the Sacred Heart Pastoral Centre, Orlu, with the theme: ‘Political Consciousness for Effective Choice of Political Leaders in Nigeria’, the Church vows to use its resources and …

Nigeria Going Through Darkest History — Catholic Bishops

September 12, 2022 5:37 am

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), has asserted that Nigeria is currently passing through the darkest chapter of its history.

The President of the body, Most Rev Lucius Ugorji made this assertion over the weekend, at the opening session of the 2022 Second Plenary of the CBCN at the Sacred Heart Pastoral Centre, Orlu, Imo State.

He lamented that Nigerians had been subjected to high-level insecurity, high rate of unemployment and soaring prices of good and services, now priced beyond the reach of a larger portion of the population.

Ugorji said: ‘The level of insecurity in the country …