The 2019 General Elections

Nigerians ought to distinguish between political fixation and political awareness in their overall search for candidates, especially the forthcoming 2019 general elections. Political fixation causes unreasonable thronging to the ruling parties (PDP, APC, APGA, etc) at the expense of political awareness that should have helped the citizens to choose good politicians who are desirous of serving the people but are not known due to their less attractive parties —- non-ruling parties. Nigerians should break away from PDP, APC, APGA, etc, and vote new politicians in some of the newly registered parties. This is called a mass break from political fixation and an embrace of political awareness. For sure, if applied to the 2019 general elections, Nigeria would grow again and would also work again, and this might restore the hopes of millions of the citizenry who share with Achebe’s ‘There was a country’, and thus make Achebe to ‘smile’ that a country is evolving.

Protem Executive and Members of the NNEWI CATHOLIC DIOCESAN STUDENTS (NCDS), Uniport Chapter.

My dear brothers and sisters, I thank you for attending today's (Sunday, February 25, 2018) maiden and inuagural meeting of the NNEWI CATHOLIC DIOCESAN STUDENTS (NCDS), Uniport Chapter, at the Chaplaincy Hall of the Chapel of the Annunciation Catholic Chaplaincy, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers, Nigeria. Today's maiden and inaugural meeting was a fulfilled dream -- for since 2014, I had been nurturing a dream for the existence and establishment of NCDS in Uniport. Through the NCDS, it is my hope of anchoring on the Christian faith and morals in helping all the members to attain their greater heights in self-renewal, academic excellence, spiritual rejuvenation, and enlightened self-reliance. It is our collective hope that the protem executive and all the members will be committed to achieving the aims and objectives of the NCDS. Again, be rest assured of my robust mentorship towards raising a generational and transformational leaders for the Church and society. I congratulate all the members for attending today's meeting and urge the executive to follow our roadmap towards membership drive and preparing for subsequent meetings and programme of events. - CAO

Pope Lauds Youth Preparing to Build ‘World of Peace’

Addresses Young People for Jubilee

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Pope Francis’ message for the Jubilee of Mercy for young people was published today.

In the text, dated 6 January 2016, Solemnity of the Epiphany, the Holy Father addresses youth aged 13 to 16, many of whom intend to make a pilgrimage to Rome from 23 to 25 April, and who are “preparing to be Christians capable of making courageous choices and decisions, in order to build daily, even through little things, a world of peace.”

He encourages those who live in difficult situations not to lose hope as the Lord “has a great dream” for them that He wishes to come true.