Opinion

By Perry West Andy*, a devout Catholic and recently married man in his twenties, encountered a vicious cycle of pornography in high school and some college – a cycle of porn and loneliness. Support Catholic News Agency “[Porn] would create this whole loneliness, but then, [because of] that loneliness itself, I was seeking for some sort of connection and I ...

By Chioma Nnagbo I’ve been taking cucumbers for granted as that boring flavorless vegetable. Just some day ago, some healthy cucumbers were harvested from fides farm, and I began to think what could be done with these flavorless but healthy vegetables. So, the idea of making a cucumber drink came to my mind. To end this Christmas edition, I am ...

By Rosanna Emenusiobi Feminism! Women empowerment! Women liberation! Equality! Sex and Gender! Women’s rights! Women’s Autonomy or freedom! Women’s health! Women’s reproductive choice! Women’s sexual choice! Gender mainstreaming! Transgender! Lesbianism! The list could go on and on. The common denominator in these labels or categories is the status of women in the modern world. A closer look at these and ...

Seven decades after its proclamation, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is still being hailed as “a great triumph achieved at a tremendous cost,” in the words of St John Paul II. The landmark declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris Dec. 10, 1948. It includes a preamble and 30 articles that provide for individual freedoms, ...

By Chioma Nnagbo Hello everyone, Still on the Christmas inspired nut drink; this week I’m going to teach you how to make one very interesting nut recipe. Believe me after tasting this drink, you will want to be drinking it everyday. With just five ingredients, you can serve your guests this Christmas without stress. Let me introduce you to the ...

By Francis Okoye Welcome to another write up on business you can start up, instead of going about looking for jobs that do not exist, or waiting till you get N600,000 or one million naira before you can start a business. You can start small and then through hard work, prayers and business knowledge grow your business. Many successful businessmen ...

By Paschal Chisom Obi Yesterday morning, as I strolled down the street of Abuja for my usual early Friday morning exercise, I observed that streets were decorated with Christmas lights. Some hung the lights in front of their gate, shops and supermarkets. Melodious Christmas musical echoes of expectations filled the street. Everywhere was covered with dust. The weather was cool ...

By Cosmas M. Emengini 1.0. OPENING REMARKS The black race is beleaguered today by powers of religion and politics. Many persons see these powers as the shortest routes to affluence and popularity. Most of the upheavals in many African countries are triggered off by these superstructures. Nigerian case is not an exception to this. The case of politics is even ...

IN 1844, the Revd Samuel Ajayi Crowther returned home to Yoruba Land (now part of modern-day Nigeria). Twenty years earlier, he had been kidnapped and sold to European slave traders who were bound for the Americas. He was freed by an abolitionist naval patrol, and received by the Church Missionary Society. There, he found his calling. Crowther made his voyage ...

By Nze Nwabueze Akabogu In about four months from now and precisely on 29th March 2019 Britain will formally terminate her membership of the fifty one years old European union (EU) amidst great political tension and uncertainty. At the moment the U.K appears to be in a serious dilemma and terrible quagmire on her future occasioned by the current highly ...

A Talk Delivered By Most Rev. Ignatius A. Kaigama, Archbishop Of Jos, 24th November, 2018, At The Presidential Palace, Malta. Your Excellency, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, the President of Malta, Your Excellency Most Rev. Charles J. Scicluna, the Archbishop of Malta Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, PREAMBLE May I begin by thanking you very heartily for your gracious welcome to Malta (especially ...

By Chioma Nnagbo It’s Christmas season again, and I’m so excited because its that time of the year where you get to see all your loved ones again. It’s that season where you want to forget about getting fat and just celebrate the birth of Christ. Because here in Fides, we have the interest of everyone at heart, I am ...

By Rosanna Emenusiobi We continue x-ray how mothers can raise pure teens. .1.3 Pray with Your Teens It is not enough to pray for your children. You must pray with them. Prayer teaches us to encounter Christ in our daily lives. First and foremost, attend Holy Mass. Sunday Mass is not a suggestion from God, but a command. Fulfilling it ...

By Francis Okoye Do you know you can start a new Business with just N30, 000? You can run and manage it with that amount until it grows. Are you a graduate, a school leaver, a pensioner? Are you tired of looking for a job that does not exist? Do you think your problem is that you did not go ...

By C. Don Adinuba Very few leaders I have ever seen who have dedicated themselves to the pursuit of the public good as much as Chief James Agukwu Chukwudolue, Ogbuehi Omeihekwu X1 of Umuezeawala, Ihiala, Anambra State. It is doubtful that he was comparable to any leader in the whole of Ihiala, the fourth largest town in Anambra State, by ...

By Chioma Nnagbo Again, we have come to the end of another series, and I know you had fun in this journey of yam series because I did. Because it’s the last week of the month and because I like saving the best for the last, I’m glad to introduce to you my very own specialty. Do you know that ...

An idea which needs weapons to survive will die. A living idea conquers by itself. – Jerzy Popieluszko By Ifeanyi Afuba Even before the outrage that greeted the confrontation against the Anambra State Government instigated by a Bishop of the Anglican Church and his wife had died down, a fresh wave of incitement against the Willie Obiano Administration has been ...

By Peter Katchy World Diabetes Day is the primary global awareness campaign held on November 14 each year. It was introduced in 1991 by the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organizationin response to the alarming rise of diabetes around the world. The theme for this year is: “The Family and Diabetes”. It is to highlight how diabetes affects, ...

By  Rosanna Emenusiobi IHM (Ph.D) This is the continuation of “Why Women are Indispensable in Raising Chaste Teens” 6.2. The Feminine Genius: The Gift of Maternity of All Women In Mulieris Dignitatem, John Paul II highlighted one aspect of feminine genius, that woman is endowed with a particular capacity for accepting the human being in his concrete form. Even this ...

By Michael Ogunu The Blessed Virgin Mary, Immaculate Mother of God, was endowed with all virtues. Unable to enumerate in detail all her virtues, I shall recall only eight of the ten that are specially mentioned in the Gospel which are sometimes referred to as “The Ten Evangelical Virtues of Mary”. If any Christian wants to live a truly holy ...