LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Catholic Diocese of Pankshin in Plateau State has disassociated itself and condemned the action of a priest who made Permanent Voters Card (PVC) a prerequisite for attendance at mass in his church. It would be recalled that a video has gone viral on a social media that a Catholic priest of…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Indian court has acquitted a Catholic bishop who was charged with raping a nun in a case that sparked widespread outrage and protests. Bishop Franco Mulakkal, 54, was acquitted by a court in the southern Indian state of Kerala on Friday, which said the prosecution had failed to prove any of…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian troops, on Sunday, foiled an attempt to kidnap the Catholic Bishop of Orlu Diocese, Most Reverend Augustine Ukwuoma. DAILY POST reports that the incident occurred at the Orlu Diocesan Catholic Secretariat, BSC Road, Orlu Imo State. The Catholic Bishop was saved after troops responded to a distress call at about 2:30am…
LAGOS OCTOBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Dr. Matthew Hassan Kukah, has accused successive administrations of ‘systematic destruction of national policies’. Speaking at the third annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) in Lagos on Friday, Kukah, a popular crusading cleric, declared that the systematic destruction of policies by Nigerian leaders…