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Nigerian bishop rejected by Ahiara diocese installed as Bishop of Ekwulobia
- May 5, 2020
A Nigerian bishop who was blocked from taking over the Diocese of Ahiara for years was last week installed as Bishop of Ekwulobia, hopefully ending a crisis that has shaken the Church in Africa’s most populous nation. Bishop Peter Ebere Okpaleke was appointed to Ahiara by Pope Benedict XVI in
After long-awaited Chrism Mass, vexed Nigerian diocese called a ‘miracle’
- Mar 31, 2018
“What is happening in Ahiara diocese is nothing short of a miracle,” one local priest said. “The problems of the past are gone for good.”
Papal envoy calls for a ‘new springtime’ for troubled Nigerian diocese
- Mar 12, 2018
The new apostolic administrator of a troubled Nigerian diocese said on Saturday that it’s time to heal, but everyone still needs to remember that, ultimately, the pope is in charge.
Pope Francis in 2017: Walking a tightrope for more stamps in the passport
- Dec 17, 2017
In three out of four of his overseas trips in 2017, Francis had to measure his words and deeds very carefully, knowing that saying too much — or too little — could have been dangerous.
Bishops joust over contested choice as shepherd of Nigerian diocese
- Dec 15, 2017
One Nigerian bishop has broken ranks, publicly calling on Pope Francis to rethink his decision to back Pope Benedict’s choice as the new bishop of a diocese from outside the dominant group.
After dramatic papal threat, Nigerian diocese remains badly split
- Sep 16, 2017
In an extremely complicated dispute in the Nigerian Diocese of Ahaira, even a papal threat to suspend every last priest there doesn’t seem to have stopped the infighting over the controversial appointment of a new bishop five years ago. The two sides remain bitterly divided, accusing one another of being “satanic” and “corrupt,” and right now it’s not even clear the new bishop can set foot in the diocese.
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