On the occasion of the 57th World Communication Day on May 21, Fr Walter Ihejirika, President of the Catholic Association for Communication (SIGNIS-Africa) has likened Pope Francis’ world communication day message to the spirit of Ubuntu, which signifies the connectedness that ought to exist between people.
“Our constitution is under a great trial because for so long, people have treated it as worthless, not even worth the paper on which it is written. I don't know how you can have a free and fair election under a constitution that is not free and fair,” said BishopJude Ayodeji Arogundade.According to the bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Ondo, the Nigerian 1999 Constitution was built on a faulty foundation and poses the biggest challenge to the government in waiting.
Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto has in a visit to Belgium discussed Nigeria’s challenges following the disputed presidential election in February.The May 16 meeting was co-organized by the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) and the Community of Sant’Egidio.
Pope Francis in his audience with Catholic women in the Vatican noted that our world is in dire need of peace, challenging women globally to help in peacebuilding through their capacity to build relationships.