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The priest and Marian devotionBy Fr. Canisius Tah, Archdiocese of Baltimore A couple of years ago, I had the privilege and opportunity to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land for the very first time. The holy sites we visited and many things fascinated me. One of my favorites was the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth. Within ... Declaration of the Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Douala to the People of God and all people of goodwill on the disregard for life and human dignityMan is called to a plentitude of life which goes well beyond his earthly life since it is a participation in God’s own life. The depth of this supernatural vocation reveals the grandeur and the price of human life even in its temporal phase. (Evangelium Vitae, No. 2) We, your pastors, have observ... “Traditional rulers should stay neutral because their subjects belong to different political parties,” Prof. Paul Nkwi saysInterviewed by Jude Abanseka The North West and South West Regions are being rocked by growing conflicts between traditional rulers and their subjects over the disrespect of traditional procedures and political influence peddling, to name just these two. To better understand the growing discord betw... Kumba Diocese created and Bishop appointed for NgaoundéréPope Francis has erected the new Diocese of Kumba, Cameroon, with territory taken from the Diocese of Buea, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan see of Bamenda. He has appointed Bishop Agapitus Enuyehnyoh Nfon, auxiliary of Bamenda, as the first bishop of the new diocese.The new diocese has a ... Remembering Benedict XVI Three Years LaterBy Maurice Ashley Agbaw-Ebai (AMDG) February 11 is celebrated in the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar as the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, which recalls the 1858 apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the vicinity of Lourdes, France. In Cameroon in the Central Region of Africa called Cameroon, ... Mgr. Damase Zinga Atangana appointed Bishop of Kribi DioceseOn November 07, 2015, Pope Francis appointed Mgr. Damase Zinga as the Bishop of Kribi Diocese. The new Bishop has replaced the first Bishop of Kribi, Mgr. Joseph Befe Ateba of Blessed memory. Before he was appointed, the Kribi Diocese was under the Apostolic Administration of the Bishop of Edea, Mgr... The Church in Africa and the 2015 Synod on the Family: Some Historical Landmarks (Part 1)By Maurice Ashley Agbaw-Ebai (AMDG) According to Vatican figures, there are an estimated 1.2 billion Roman Catholics in the world. More than 40 percent of the world's Catholics live in Latin America - but Africa has seen the biggest growth in Catholic congregations in recent years. At the star... The identity of Consecrated Men and WomenBy Br. Peter Acho Awoh Every evening at sunset, a Rabbi walked through the town in which he lived as far as its outskirts. This daily routine gave him time to reflect and also to keep up on the comings and goings of his neighbours. Wealthy landowners living on the town’s outer edge had the custom... Cameroonian immigrants in the US celebrate with Pope FrancisBy Lambert Mbom Pope Francis recently completed a four-day visit to the United States that took him to Washington DC, New York and Philadelphia, three major cities on the East Coast known to be hubs for African immigrants in the US. At the behest of LESA USA, Lourdes’ Ex Students Association, alu... A Christian Response to Python and names in BamendaBy Rev. Fr. Michel Tchoumbou Ngantchop A short video clip from CRTV landed on our family Whatsapp forum this week. It was a segment from the 7:30 bilingual news talking about a python that was allegedly killed in Bamenda recently. Earlier, I had seen clips of it on other online portals, webpages and... |