LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vatican has given the green light for gay men to become priests – as long as they remain celibate. In an unexpected adjustment to practice in the Catholic Church, the new guidelines from Italian bishops will allow gay men to enter seminaries. Although the Vatican had not explicitly prohibited gay men…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Catholic church in Pearl River, Louisiana, has burned the altar where its former pastor was caught having sex with two women. “His behavior was obscene, his desecration of the altar is demonic,” said Archbishop Gregory Aymond of New Orleans, who consecrated a new altar at the church Sunday, WVUE reports. The…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gracefully spinning among a group of dancers clad in pink, 11-year-old Anthony Mmesoma Madu stands out in black leggings, a white turtleneck and poise beyond his years. His parents in Lagos, Nigeria’s teeming lagoon city, wanted him to become a priest. Instead, he has captivated millions with his ballet. “When I am…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Rev. Father Andrew Ihonda-Ovienloba of St. Andrew’s Catholic Church, Aruogba in Oredo Local Government area of Edo State has disclosed that robbers broke into his office and stole a huge amount of money belonging to the church. Ihonda-Ovienloba made the disclosure during Sunday mass in the church. The parish priest said he…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has advised Nigerians, especially the priests of God, to continue talking about all aspects of governance in the country. He warned that the danger in keeping quiet is that those in authority might be sufficiently shielded by their aides from knowing the true position…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-– Pope Francis has decried an attack on a church in Nigeria that killed 15 people, including two priests. In remarks Sunday to the public in St. Peter’s Square, the pontiff prayed that Nigeria’s Christian community can find harmony and peace. The massacre last week occurred in Benue state in central Nigeria,…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-There is tension in Uke, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra state as masquerades celebrating their Uzo Iyi annual festival, yesterday, invaded Holy Ghost Adoration Ministry Uke, killing one and leaving scores injured. The invading masquerades attacked priests including the Spiritual Director who was shielded by his congregation to escape lynching…