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Bishop Nwobi Pays Maiden Pastoral Visit to St. Matthias Parish, Aguneze

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From 11 to 12 April 2026, His Lordship, Most Rev. Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, CMF, made his maiden pastoral visitation to St. Matthias Parish, Aguneze, during which one hundred and twenty-three candidates received the Sacrament of Confirmation. The visit, which included pastoral interactions with parish leadership, traditional authorities, and the candidates, culminated in the Sunday Eucharistic […]

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Bishop Nwobi Blesses New Church at St Theresa’s Parish, Uvuru

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On Saturday, 11 April 2026, at St. Theresa’s Catholic Parish, Ogbor Uvuru in Aboh Mbaise, the Bishop of Ahiara Diocese, Most Rev. Simeon Okezuo Nwobi CMF, presided over the blessing and dedication of a newly completed church building, a project realized in roughly one year through coordinated parish effort and the significant benefaction of Chief

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True Love in Action: Ahiara Diocese Calls the Faithful to Honour, Emulate, and Uplift Mothers

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As the Catholic faithful in Nigeria joyously mark this Sunday as Mother’s Day, the moment, though outwardly festive, carries a quieter, weightier summons: to reflect with honesty, to give thanks without reserve, and to renew, in practical terms, the obligations owed to those whose lives are spent in the steady outpouring of care. In the

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2026 Mother’s Day Celebration

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Catholic Mothers Urged To Live True Love in Action As Catholic mothers nationwide celebrate Mother’s Day, Very Rev. Fr. Dr. Celestine Ekennia, chaplain of the Ahiara Diocesan Catholic Women Organization, alongside Prof. Angela Obiageli Nnamocha, president of the Ahiara Diocesan Catholic Women Organization, has urged women to embrace this year’s theme, True Love in Action

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THE CITY BUILT ON SAND: A PROPHETIC CRITIQUE OF URBAN POLITICAL MESSIANISM AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE CITY BOY MOVEMENT(II)

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By: Rev. Fr. Chiemeka Matthew Iwuagwu Micah and the Violence Hidden in Urban Architecture Micah, a contemporary of Isaiah and a younger contemporary of Amos, brings the prophetic critique of urban power to its sharpest formulation. His famous oracle in Micah 1:5 names both Samaria and Jerusalem as the locus of Jacob’s and Judah’s transgression,s,

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Three Symbols at Easter: A Biblical and Theological Synthesis

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By: Rev. Fr. Innocent Ike Nwachukwu, Ph.D. The resurrection of Christ is “a real event, with manifestations that were historically verified, as the New Testament bears witness” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, n. 639). It is “the most beautiful, joyful and overwhelming news that has ever resounded in all of history …the quintessential ‘Gospel” which

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Fr Robert Oparaji Marks Silver Jubilee with Book Presentation and Gift of Marian Grotto to Ahiara Diocese

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By Adolphus Ofoegbulem In a celebration that at once demonstrated thanksgiving, intellectual witness, and enduring devotion, Navy Captain Very Rev. Fr Robert Emeka Oparaji, PhD, on Wednesday, January 7, 2026, marked the 25th anniversary of his priestly ordination, offering not only gratitude to God for the years past but also a tangible gift to his

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Ahiara Diocese Marks Chrism Mass as Bishop Nwobi Urges Priests to Radiate the Oil of Joy

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The Catholic Diocese of Ahiara on Thursday, April 2, 2026, had both clergy and the lay faithful solemnly gathered at the Maria Mater Ecclesiae Cathedral Ahiara for the annual Chrism Mass, a liturgical high point of Holy Week in which the unity of the diocesan Church, gathered around her bishop, is both expressed and deepened

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