Reverend Father James Omeh, the Parish Priest of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, Gulu, and Coordinator of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Lapai Local Government Area of Niger State, has died in a flood incident. The incident occurred on Saturday, 24 May 2025, along the Lapai-Gulu Road, following heavy rainfall that caused flash…
The Catholic Diocese of Warri, Delta State, has suspended Rev. Fr. Daniel Okanatotor Oghenerukevwe from priestly duties following allegations that he secretly married a woman in the United States. In a statement titled “Decree of Suspension”, dated Thursday, January 16, 2025, the Diocese disclosed that the suspension was necessitated after evidence emerged of Fr….
A 43-year-old Catholic priest was pronounced dead a few hours after he and his lover checked into a hotel. A local media outlet, on Sunday, disclosed that the deceased, identified as Joseph Kariuki Wanjiku, from St. Peters Ruai, checked into the Monalisa Hotel Delview in Gatanga with his lover, a 32-year-old woman identified as, Ruth…
Catholic priests in France will be forced to wear traffic-light coded identification tags to allow the public to check whether they may have faced se**al abuse charges. The scheme, announced by the Bishop’s Conference of France, will allow easier identification of priests able to lead mass and hear confessions. Cards will feature a…
A Rwandan-born Catholic priest, Wenceslas Munyeshyaka, who fathered a 12-year-old child has now been expelled by Pope Francis. Munyeshyaka who had been working for nearly three decades as a clergyman in northern France, where he fled following the genocide in his homeland instructed to “avoid places where his previous status is known,” RT…
Reverend Father Alia has won Benue Governorship Election. Truetells Nigeria reports tha a suspended Roman Catholic priest and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Benue State, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia has been declared winner of the Saturday governorship election. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, through Returning Office Prof Faruq Kuta, the Vice…
A Catholic Priest, Fr. Evaristus Bassey, has shared photos of ”Virgin Mary” that appeared at the St. Charles Lwanga in Calabar, Cross Rivers state. Fr Evaristus shared photos of the ”Virgin Mary” and said many people including non-Catholics ‘saw her image.’ He wrote; ”On Wednesday 22-6-2022 the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared in one of…
Catholic priest is jailed for 30 years for murdering albino man whose body parts he had planned to sell. A Malawi court has sentenced a Catholic priest to 30 years in prison over the gruesome 2018 murder of a man with albinism, whose body parts he had planned to sell. Judge Dorothy NyaKaunda Kamanga who…
The suspended priest of the Catholic Church Diocese of Gboko, Benue State, Hyacinth Alia, has defeated his closest contender, Barnabas Gemade, to clinch the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship ticket in the state. Alia, who was suspended by the church after his declaration of interest to run for the post in the 2023 general elections,…
Roman Catholic priest working in the Diocese of Essen in Germany has been suspended following an allegation of sexual abuse that dates back 30 years. The diocese said on Thursday. The man, who was accused of sexually abusing a minor, was subject to a criminal probe that had since been terminated due to…
