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By Chioma Nnagbo When you think of chewing/ eating something, what snack comes to your mind? Mine is chin – chin, this is because of the kwar – kwar sound I hear when chewing it. Funny, right? This week, I’m going to teach you how to make a creamy, tasty yet crunchy chin – chin. The preparation is easy, the ...

By Odogwu Emeka Odogwu Cows in the classroom! Cows in the fields! Cows in the Church! Cows in ancestral sacred lands! Cows in our houses! Cows in the market! Cows on the tarred roads! Cows in the plantation! Cows on our farms! Cows in the streams! Cows on the pedestrian Bridges! Cows on Abuja and Lagos streets! Cows everywhere! Destruction ...

By Chukwuemerie Udekwe “I am Davis, from Malaysia, I am 26, and I have come to marry a wife.” “Hello, I am Davis from Malaysia, I am twenty-six, and I have come to marry a wife,” I will be silent, watch her reactions, then I continue, “I stay in Malaysia, but my mum keeps presurring me to marry. She says ...

By Livinus Nnebedum “Trip to the place of Baptism of Jesus Christ in River Jordan will multiply our faith and belief in the Lord”. This literally trip to River Jordan will enable us know more about that important River in the World History. Jesus Christ was baptized at the River Jordan by John the Baptist. Jesus arrived from Galilee and ...

By Rosanna Emenusiobi I would like us to celebrate women’s beauty in all its ramifications. What prompted me to do this was listening to a “bus preacher” as I was travelling from Nnewi to Awka last month. The self-acclaimed “man of God” from all indications had total disregard for women’s physical beauty; he presented beautiful women as “seducers and temptresses” ...

by JD Flynn Denver, Colo., Mar 5, 2019 / 02:42 pm (CNA).- Most Catholics, even those who don’t often go to Mass, know that Lent is a time for Friday Fish Fries and “giving something up.” But many Catholics wonder what exactly the Church requires during Lent, and why. Here are a few points that might help you have a ...

By Mary Rezac Of the 106 historically black colleges in the United States, only one is Roman Catholic – Xavier University of Louisiana. But Xavier is also the only Catholic college, of the United States’ 251 Catholic colleges, to have been founded by an American-born saint. C. Reynold Verret, president of Xavier University of Louisiana, told CNA that the spirit ...

By Chioma Nnagbo Still on our snack episode, This week, I’m going to teach you how to prepare buns RECIPE 150g flour 1/2teaspoon of baking powder 2 tablespoon of liquid milk 1/4 teaspoon of salt ¼ teaspoon of nutmeg 2 eggs (optional) Warm Water Vegetable oil (For frying) PROCEDURE In a bowl, mix all your dry ingredients together. Add your ...

Our eldest made his first confession last month, and I decided to avail myself of the opportunity to (finally) memorize my Act of Contrition. I figured at age 36 and with a moderate following on the internet of people coming to me to read about Catholic Things, I should perhaps be prepared to recite this basic prayer I’ve been saying ...

By Michael Ogunu The devotion to the Passion (sufferings) of Our Lord and Saviour is, of all forms of Catholic devotion, the most ancient, the most venerable, the most universal. Jesus Himself has written the remembrance of His Passion deep into the hearts of His faithful. In order to imprint most deeply in our souls the remembrance of His Sacred ...

. . . Call for Conversion of Hearts We greet all Catholics, Christians, Muslims, and adherents of other Religions in Nigeria as we begin our Lenten Season for 2019. On behalf of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, we salute Nigerians who came out for the Presidential and National Assembly Elections. We urge all registered voters to come out massively ...

By Odogwu Emeka Odogwu Professor M.N Umenweke of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka has been threatened. He said one Chris Uba threatened to kill him for declaring Dr Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah a clear winner in penultimate week’s Anambra South Senatorial election. But Umenweke’s wife in a bold move unexpected of women of today confronted Chris, and he denied the allegation saying ...

Hello people! This is a new edition of Fides kitchen! Meanwhile, welcome to the month of March. In this month, we will be learning something about snacks… I’m pretty sure you Fides kitchen lovers will enjoy this edition. So, this week, I am going to teach you how to prepare one of my favorite snacks called PLANTAIN DORIS! (You like ...

INTERIM STATEMENT FROM THE CATHOLIC BISHOPS CONFERENCE OF NIGERIA(CBCN) SITUATION ROOM Preamble: The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, through its agency, Caritas Nigeria, in collaboration with the Justice Development and Peace Commissions, set up a Situation Room for the purposes of collation and aggregation of reports of the 2019 General Elections from field observers selected from 55 dioceses spread across ...

By Chinaecherem Efobi The 2019 Lenten Season starts with Ash Wednesday this March 6, 2019. We school children will accompany Our Big Daddy and Brother Jesus Christ on the penitential journey to Calvary and victorious march to the Resurrection morning of Easter. I found online, this article that I believe will help us all to observe lent well. Please don’t ...

A Press Release by the Catholic Archbishop of Owerri, the Most Rev. Anthony J. V. Obinna, given on the of 28th of February, 2019. Villa Assumpta, Owerri. In proximate preparation for the 2019 elections in Nigeria, we, the Catholic Church in Owerri Archdiocese organized, on Friday the 18th January 2019, a special day of Prayer for Peaceful Elections. Along with ...

By Chioma Nnagbo Enjoy a variety of foods Eating well means eating a variety of foods. No single food contains all the nutrients that our bodies need, except for breastmilk for babies up to the age of six months. Eating a variety of different foods will supply the nutrients that are essential for our bodies. By taking care to choose ...

The need for the Catholic Church to be more proactive in influencing the political arena of the country took the centre stage at the sensitization programme organized recently in Abuja by the Justice Department and Peace Commission in collaboration with the Catholic Caritas Foundation of Nigeria (CCFN). The programme which was attended by stakeholders from parts in the country featured ...

The President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) and Archbishop of Benin City, Edo State; Most Rev. Augustine Obiora Akubeze has reiterated the importance of collaboration among the workers of the church to facilitate the success of her evangelization apostolate. Archbishop Akubeze made the call in his homily at the celebration of the Mass with the staff of ...

A COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY THE CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF IBADAN ECCLESIASTICAL PROVINCE AT THE END OF THEIR FIRST MEETING FOR 2019 HELD AT THE JUBILEE CONFERENCE CENTRE, OKE ADO, IBADAN ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2019. We, the Catholic Bishops of Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province, comprising Ibadan Archdiocese, Ilorin, Ondo, Ekiti, Oyo and Osogbo Dioceses, after our first meeting for the year 2019, ...