Hearing the Voices and Seeing the Faces of our Communicators Today, Sunday, May 17, 2026, marks the end of the week-long celebration held annually on the 7th Sunday of Easter. This year, the 60th World Day of Social Communications, Pope Leo XIV, in his message, highlighted the need to preserve human voices and faces. This […]
Do not renounce your ability to think, Pope Leo XIV enjoins Communicators The Catholic Diocese of Ahiara, Mbaise, today, Sunday, May 17, 2026, concludes its week-long celebrations of communications, tagged ComWeek 2026, inspired by the Pope’s message for the 60th World Day of Social Communications on preserving human voices and faces in communication. The celebration,
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(FIRST READING ACTS 6:1-7; RESPONSORIAL PSALM PSM. 32(33):1-2, 4-5, 18-19; SECOND READING 1PT. 2:4-9; GOSPEL ACCLAMATION JN. 14:6; GOSPEL JN. 14:1-6) THEME: STRENGTHENED FROM WITHIN BY: Rev. Fr. Cletus Imo In a nation like ours, we know what it feels like to live with pressure on every side. Insecurity, injustice, persecution, unemployment, and hunger weigh
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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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On Monday, April 20, 2026, as part of the preparations for the funeral of Rev. Fr. Dr. Ethelbert Anayo Uwadoka, the Vicar General, Very Rev. Fr Godson Okoro, on behalf of the Bishop, led representatives of the diocesan clergy, together with members of the religious and lay faithful from the parishes and institutions where Fr.
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Diocese Awards Scholarship to Master Chrysanctus Ekeocha His Lordship, Most Rev. Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, CMF, on Saturday, April 25, 2026, during the Cathedraticum at Victor’s Deanery, Ekwerazu, offered a pointed affirmation that human potential is not constrained by age and that genuine talent, wherever it appears, deserves both recognition and cultivation. This remark followed an
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Funeral Scheduled for June 9, 2026 The Catholic Diocese of Ahiara mourns the passing of Rev. Fr. Martinianus Chileke, who died at the age of 54. Born on April 15, 1972, and ordained to the sacred priesthood on August 7, 1999, Fr Chileke, affectionately called Fr Chidi, lived a priestly life that bore the marks
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Bishop Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, CMF, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Ahiara, received Bishop Victor Phalana of the Diocese of Klerksdorp, South Africa, on a courtesy visit to the diocesan Chancery. Bishop Phalana was in Mbaise, Imo State, for the funeral of a brother to Fr. Ignatius Okoroji, SDV, and, while in the area, paid
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One of the traditional slogans of the Catholic Men Organization (CMO) is ide ji ulo, in Igbo, which, when translated into English, means “the pillar that carries the house”; it allegorically presents a kind of power and responsibility to fathers for the structural stability and beauty of the Church. A true Christian father carries a
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(FIRST READING ACT 2:14, 22-33; RESPONSORIAL PSALM PSM. 15:1-2, 5, 7-11; SECOND READING 1PT. 1:17-21; GOSPEL ACCLAMATION cf. LK 24:32; GOSPEL LK 24:13-35) THEME: THE RISEN CHRIST WALKS WITH US: FROM BLINDNESS TO RECOGNITION! By: Rev. Fr. Jude Nwachukwu A story is told of the great theologian Karl Barth. While riding in a tram, a
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