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Christmas doomsday postponed as Ghanaian pastor’s ark fails to sail
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports What was billed as a Christmas Day escape from the end of the world ended instead in confusion and disappointment after a Ghanaian pastor postponed his much-publicised doomsday prophecy. Thousands of followers drawn from Ghana…
Germany shutters, converts 961 churches as congregations decline
Some 961 Catholic and Protestant churches across Germany have been closed or decommissioned since 2000, a striking symbol of the country’s rapidly shrinking Christian population and the growing surplus of houses of worship. As church membership declines, communities are increasingly…
Insecurity: Archbishop Martins calls for activation of Tier-1 response
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Dr. Alfred Adewale Martins has called for coordinated national measures by the three tiers of government and all security forces in combating worsening insecurity in the country. Such a measure, according…
40-yr Anniversary: PFN hails founding fathers
Aniekan Bassey THE Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) is set to mark its 40th year anniversary. The fellowship was founded from Rev. Dr. Uma Ukpai’s crusade, (“Greater Lagos for Christ’). Since then, PFN has grown in leaps and bounds with…
First woman to become Archbishop of Canterbury in 500 Years
Sopuruchi Onwuka A major gender stereotype is about to be shattered in the Anglican Church as a woman waits to be ordained the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury, the highest-ranking cleric of the Church of England. King Charles III of the…
Catholic Church declares digital teen a saint
Sopuruchi Onwuka First Catholic Pope to come from the United States, Pope Leo XIV, has now become the first to canonize world’s first teenage cyber-evangelist, Carlo Acutis, who was outstanding with online content creation that promoted Catholic themed gospel. At…
Catholic Church burnt as bandits kill 38 worshippers
Armed assailants suspected to be members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) have killed at least 38 people following a brutal attack on a church during a religious gathering. The bandits had stormed a quiet town in eastern Democratic Republic…
