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Nigeria: Ahiara Diocese - We Stand With Pope - Knights of St John
Vanguard, 10 July 2017
The Knights of St. John International and Ladies Auxiliary, KSJI, an Order within the Roman Catholic Church, has called on Priests and the lay faithful of the Catholic Diocese of… Read more »
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Nigeria: Ahiara Diocesan Crisis - More Indigenes Sign Protest Letter to Pope
Vanguard, 6 July 2017
Despite the compliance of Ahiara Mbaise Catholic priests to the papal directive, to abide by the decision of the Pope through individual letters of apology by the affected priests,… Read more »
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Nigeria: Supremacy of the Pope - Who Did This to Ahiara Diocese?
Vanguard, 6 July 2017
I am inclined to do this not because I revel in the bishopric crisis rocking Ahiara Diocese. Read more »
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Nigeria: Priest Says Rejection of Ahiara Bishop 'Disgrace' to Catholic Church
Guardian, 3 July 2017
A Catholic priest, Rev. Fr Philip Jamang, has described the rejection of Bishop Peter Okpalaeke by some members of Ahiara Diocese, Mbaise, in Imo, as a "disgrace" to the Catholic… Read more »
Nigerian Diocese Defies Pope Francis
A priest has described the rejection of a Catholic bishop appointed by Pope Francis by members of a diocese in Imo, south-eastern Nigeria as a disgrace. Ahiara Catholic Diocese has been without a bishop since the last bishop died. Two months ago Pope Francis gave the Ahiara Diocese 30 days within which to accept the Bishop. He also told them to apologise for their behaviour or face "sanctions".
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Pope Francis has blasted a group of Nigerian priests who rejected the papal appointment of their bishop to the diocese. The Pope has given priests in the Nigerian Diocese of Ahiara ... Read more »
