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2023: Nigeria’s next President should come from South-East region – Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Adewale-Martins

Dailyblast — Sat, 16 Oct 2021 16:59:46 +0000

The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos State, Most Reverend Alfred Adewale-Martins, has stated that Nigeria’s next president should be from the South-East region. The cleric, who spoke at the weekend during the 2021 Catholic Women Organisation of Nigeria (CWON) meeting in Lagos said President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor must be an Igbo man. According to him, an [...]

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Woman abandons child at Catholic Church in Delta State

Dailyblast — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 00:20:52 +0000

A yet to be identified woman has reportedly dumped her child at a Catholic Church in Delta State. The girl believed to be around three years old was found at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Akumazi Umuocha in Ika North East Local Government Area of the state. Speaking with Ika Weekly Newspaper on Monday, July 19, the Priest in [...]

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Breaking: Police foil gunmen attack on St Mary’s Catholic Church Nyanya Abuja

Dailyblast — Sun, 09 May 2021 10:04:07 +0000

There was panic Sunday morning as the 9.am mass was about to be concluded at Saint Mary’s Catholic Church Nyanya Abuja. Unknown gun men had gathered outisde the church premises and made attempts to gain entrance before security operatives stopped them. There was several gunshots as the officiating priests hastily alerted the worshippers about the [...]

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Austrian Catholics fly rainbow flag after same-sex blessing ban

Dailyblast — Sun, 04 Apr 2021 06:34:09 +0000

The Catholic church of the parish of Hard is one of many in Austria which decided to fly the rainbow flag in solidarity with the LGBT community after the Vatican ruled last month that the Church couldn’t bless same-sex partnerships. The powerful Vatican office responsible for defending church doctrine, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the [...]

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“Homosexuality is contrary to the natural law” – Fr Kelvin Ugwu backs Vatican’s stance on same-sex unions

Dailyblast — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 09:50:46 +0000

A Nigerian Catholic missionary priest, Reverend Fr. Kelvin Ugwu, has backed the Vatican’s stance on same-sex unions, saying that homosexual acts are contrary to the natural order. It will be recalled that the Vatican on Monday, March 15, said that the Catholic Church would not bless same-sex unions. In the statement published in seven languages [...]

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