Good Friday: Catholic Bishop urges Nigerians to shun violence today.ng - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from today.ng Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
April 06, 2021
CWN Editor s Note: “From the pulpit of the cross, Jesus cries out for an end to hatred, corruption, selfishness, racism, discrimination and wickedness,” Bishop Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo of Oyo preached on Good Friday.
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Nigeria: Bishop calls for an end to violence
Bishop Badejo of Nigeria has called upon leaders in Nigeria and all over the world to work for a better world.
Paul Samasumo – Vatican City
In his Good Friday message, Nigeria’s Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Oyo, Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo, said anyone who is in a leadership position, at whatever level, has to make this world better.
Sacrifice for your people
“Good Friday calls on leaders in Nigeria and all over the world, be they politicians, religious leaders, traditional, family, business and economic leaders too, to work for a better world as Jesus did. Sacrifice for your people and seek their interest for Jesus laid down his life in total selflessness. He told us why he did this when he said, ‘The first among you must be your servant…The son of man has come to serve, not to be served and to lay down his life as a ransom for many’. Jesus is the one leader that the leaders of the world in every way can confidently em
Nigerian bishops urge people to pray for peace and stability
Feb 20, 2021 catholic news service
A man receives ashes during Ash Wednesday Mass inside the Church of the Assumption in Lagos, Nigeria, Feb. 26, 2020. In separate homilies this year, Catholic bishops advised the citizens to use Lent to pray for peace and stability in Nigeria. (Credit: Nyancho NwaNri/Reuters via CNS.)
In separate Ash Wednesday homilies, Catholic bishops advised Nigerians to use Lent to pray for peace and stability.
LAGOS, Nigeria In separate Ash Wednesday homilies, Catholic bishops advised Nigerians to use Lent to pray for peace and stability.
“We are in a real mess in Nigeria. We need God’s mercy. … Without God’s mercy, we are finished,” Bishop Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo of Oyo said Feb. 17.
Pray for the country, Nigerian bishops urge on Ash Wednesday ucanews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ucanews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.