For some days, the video of a visually impaired girl who visited the Zion ministry was everywhere on social media. She was seen being asked by the minister what she wanted. She replied, “Help.” “What kind of help?” The minister questioned her further. At the end, the minister understood that she wanted financial help. She …
Today, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of all saints. This means all those who have found their way to heaven, irrespective of their beliefs, nationality, color, or language, whether known or unknown, are celebrated today. The origin of All Saints’ Day in the Church cannot be traced with certainty. The feast has been observed …
Exactly 21 years ago, on the evening of October 31, 2002, Bishop Mark Unegbu departed from us. I still vividly remember that evening when the news was broken to me. That was 10 months before my diaconate ordination and 14 months before my priestly ordination. My uncle’s last wish on earth was to ordain me …
Today is Protestant Reformation Day. It is a day set apart in Germany to remember the 95 theses of Martin Luther against certain teachings, especially as regards indulgence and the forgiveness of sins in the Catholic Church. Luther was then a Catholic priest and an Augustinian monk who was also a professor of moral theology …
My family is one of the first families that became Christians in Nigeria. In 1944, we had already a priest (Bishop Mark Unegbu) in the family. In 1948, we had the second priest (Msgr Edward Nwafo of CKC Aba). In 1930, a family member, the elder brother to Bishop Mark Unegbu, called Ezekiel Unegbu was …
CHRISTIANITY FREE OF PROSPERITY GOSPEL: MY FAMILY EXPERIENCE Read More »
Here is the pope addressing the members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in Vatican. Do you know that the man who discovered the BIG BANG theory, Monsignor Georges Lemaitre, a Belgian Catholic priest, was elected a member of this academy by the Vatican In 1936? From 1960 till his death he was the chairman …
Our yesterday’s discussion on biblical historicity/ interpretation seemed to have brought more confusion to many of our Christians here. Well, I am not surprised that it did. Neither you nor I is the problem. Our poor educational background especially with religious knowledge is to blame. How can we explain the fact that over 99 percent …
BIBLICAL HISTORICITY /INTERPRETATION: MATTERS ARISING Read More »
1) The text in question reads: “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they …
By Rev Fr Angelo Chidi Unegbu ([email protected]) At the beginning of the Nigeria-Biafra War in 1967, the missionaries were ordered, or rather given the permission to leave Nigeria for their own safety, but they all decided to stay with their flock. One of them, Fr. Richard Thornton, in a later interview said: “How can we …
Fr Angelo Chidi Unegbu (17.02.2022) Fr Alban Aguezeala, a priest of Orlu Catholic diocese, narrating his discussion in an Interview with one of the expelled missionaries, Fr Richard Thornton, wrote: “I actually met one of them a few years ago – Fr. Richard Thornton at Blackrock College Dublin! Incidentally, Fr. Thornton built and was the …
52ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE EXPULSION OF THE HOLY GHOST FATHERS IN NIGERIA (1 DAY TO GO) Read More »
