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Conversation with Rev. Fr. Benedict Nwachukwu-Udaku Pope Leo XIV and Catholic Social Teaching (VI) (Poverty and Structural Sins) Dear friends, In our ongoing reflection on the Apostolic Exhortation on Love for the Poor by Pope Leo XIV, it is important to underscore that the main focus of this pastoral letter is to highlight the Church’s […]
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VACANCY! VACANCY!! VACANCY!!! The Guide Newspaper Office, Ahiara Diocese, invites applications from competent, reliable, and media-oriented individuals for the following roles: 1. NEWS CORRESPONDENTS To gather, write, and submit accurate reports on diocesan and related ecclesial events. 2. ADVERT MANAGER To source, coordinate, and manage advert placements for the publication. REQUIREMENTS Interested Applicants should submit
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By: Rev. Brendan Onyemegbulem The life of Rev. Fr. Ethelbert Uwadoka finds its deepest intelligibility within the theological and moral horizon of quietude already explored as a form of strength. His personality was not an interruption of this principle but its lived embodiment. Quietude in him was not absence of voice but disciplined presence, and
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By: Fr. Innocent Ike Nwachukwu, Ph.D. The election of Pope Leo XIV a year ago marked a shift in Vatican leadership, bringing a missionary, notably from the Augustinian Order with extensive experience in Peru, to the Chair of Saint Peter. His decision to make Africa the destination of his first major international trip, ahead of
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ArticlesBy: Rev. Onyemegbulem Brendan Introduction: There is a kind of silence that betrays, and there is one that listens; there is a kind of silence that is not passive, not indifferent, but profoundly alive. This kind does not withdraw but gathers, orders, and gives weight to presence. It is this latter form, better described as
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By: Rev. Fr. Chiemeka Matthew Iwuagwu Ezekiel and the Theology of the Fallen City Ezekiel’s oracle against Tyre (chapters 26–28) provides what is perhaps the Old Testament’s most theologically developed analysis of the kind of urban political-commercial power that the City Boy philosophy represents. Tyre in the sixth century BCE was the ancient world’s most
By: Fr. Innocent Ike Nwachukwu, Ph.D. Mother’s Day, celebrated worldwide on various dates and months, is a cherished occasion dedicated to honoring the profound love and respect we hold for our mothers. It serves as a vital pause to recognize their selfless sacrifices, tireless care, and the essential role they play in shaping both our lives
Noble Vocation of Motherhood: A Mélange of Love, Faith, and Sacrifice Read More »
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(FIRST READING ACTS. 10:34,37-43; RESPONSORIAL PSALM PSM. 117:1-2,16-17,22-23; SECOND READING COL. 3:1-4; GOSPEL ACCLAMATION 1COR 5:7-8; GOSPEL JN. 20:1-9) THEME: THE STONE IS ROLLED AWAY: GOD WILL MAKE A WAY. By: Rev. Fr. Francis Ogbonna Today, being Easter Sunday, we celebrate the greatest feast of our Christian faith. It is the day the Church proclaims
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ArticlesBy: 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,
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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