- As the crisis continues to linger, Pope Francis has reportedly met with a delegation of top Catholic priests in Nigeria
Pope Francis has reportedly intervened in an ethnic crisis involving Ahiara, a Nigerian town in Imo state whose bishop, Peter Ebere Okpaleke, appointed by Benedict XVI in 2012, has been rejected. Bishop Okpaleke was rejected lay people and priests of the diocese. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that though Okpaleke is an Igbo from Anambra state, the Catholic leaders in Ahiara rejected him because he is not from Mbaise.
The source learnt that the Vatican Insider said the pope has received a delegation from the Diocese of Ahiara, accompanied by archbishop of Abuja and apostolic administrator of Ahiara, Cardinal John O Onaiyekan.
Pope Francis tries to save Nigerian bishop from his Ahiara Catholic faithful Pope Francis is said to have waded into the crisis in Ahiara At the meeting were the metropolitan archbishop of Owerri, Monsignor Anthony Obinna, archbishop of Jos and president of the Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, Monsignor Ignatius Kaigama and the Bishop of Ahiara, Bishop Okpaleke. READ ALSO: Wike appeals to UN to prevail on Buhari's government over Ogoni clean-up The report added that Priests Clement O Ebii, Jude N Uwalaka, Uhuegbu Innocent Olekamma, Sister Bernadette O Ezeyi and Stanley Pius Iwu, chief of the staff were also part of the delegation. After a pilgrimage to the tombs of the Apostles Peter and Paul and a visit to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, the Nigerian delegation attended the pope’s private mass celebration, the report said. The delegation had previously met with Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, prefect of the congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Fernando Filoni, and the superiors of the same dicastery, with whom the Church’s situation in Ahiara was widely examined. Pope Francis spoke of the inadmissibility of the situation in Ahiara and reserved to take the appropriate measures. He said he was entrusting the diocese of Ahiara to the motherly care of Mary. The report said it was Benedict XVI who appointed Monsignor Okpaleke in 2012, only to meet a storm of opposition by the leaders and congregation. He was not even allowed to hold mass in the church. "His predecessor, late Victor Adibe Chikwe, came from Mbaise and was accepted by the worshippers, because he was son of the soil. "Pope Francis appointed John O Onaiyekan apostolic administrator since July 2013. But the crisis has lingered. "Since Okpaleke’s appointment in 2012, the priests and Catholic faithful from Mbaise had insisted they wanted a Bishop of Mbaise extraction," the report said. Okpaleke was however ordained a bishop on May 21, 2013 in Owerri, the mother Diocese to Ahiara diocese. His ordination was graced by the cream of the Catholic Church in Nigeria, including Cardinal Onaiyekan, Archbishop of Jos and president Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN); Ignatius Kaigama, Archbishop of Owerri and Metropolitan of the Owerri Ecclesiastical Province, His Grace, Archbishop Anthony J.V. Obinna and the Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria, His Grace, Archbishop Augustine Kasuija. In a post-ordination speech, Okpaleke said: “My ordination is a celebration of my marriage to the Church of God in Ahiara. "Just like wives married into families, I have left my people and have become 'onye' (member of) Ahiara Diocese. "I remember a piece of music by monks of Western Priory in the State of Vermont USA, which I love so much. "The monks set into song Ruth’s response to Naomi: “wherever you go, I shall go, wherever you live I shall live. "You people will be my people and your God will be my God. Wherever you die, I shall die and there I shall be buried.” NAIJ.com had recently reported that the US President Donald Trump and Pope Francis met on Wednesday in the Vatican City during Trump’s 1st foreign presidential trip. The president, who was accompanied by First Lady Melania Trump, was warmly welcomed at the Pope’s palace where they held a private meeting before he emerged to talk to the press. “It is such an honour…It was a great honour. Thank you very much,” President Trump could be heard saying as he exchanged firm handshake with the jovial-looking Pope and as they posed for photos.
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- Bishop Peter Ebere
Okpaleke from Anambra state has been in a long-standing battle with
Catholic faithful in Ahiara, Imo state - As the crisis continues to
linger, Pope Francis has reportedly met with a delegation of top
Catholic priests in Nigeria Pope Francis has reportedly intervened in an
ethnic crisis involving Ahiara, a Nigerian town in Imo state whose
bishop, Peter Ebere Okpaleke, appointed by Benedict XVI in 2012, has
been rejected. Bishop Okpaleke was rejected lay people and priests of
the diocese. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that though
Okpaleke is an Igbo from Anambra state, the Catholic leaders in Ahiara
rejected him because he is not from Mbaise. NAIJ.com learnt that the
Vatican Insider said the pope has received a delegation from the Diocese
of Ahiara, accompanied by archbishop of Abuja and apostolic
administrator of Ahiara, Cardinal John O Onaiyekan. Pope Francis tries
to save Nigerian bishop from his Ahiara Catholic faithful Pope Francis
is said to have waded into the crisis in Ahiara At the meeting were the
metropolitan archbishop of Owerri, Monsignor Anthony Obinna, archbishop
of Jos and president of the Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, Monsignor
Ignatius Kaigama and the Bishop of Ahiara, Bishop Okpaleke. READ ALSO:
Wike appeals to UN to prevail on Buhari's government over Ogoni clean-up
The report added that Priests Clement O Ebii, Jude N Uwalaka, Uhuegbu
Innocent Olekamma, Sister Bernadette O Ezeyi and Stanley Pius Iwu, chief
of the staff were also part of the delegation. After a pilgrimage to
the tombs of the Apostles Peter and Paul and a visit to the Basilica of
Santa Maria Maggiore, the Nigerian delegation attended the pope’s
private mass celebration, the report said. The delegation had previously
met with Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, prefect of the
congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Fernando Filoni, and the
superiors of the same dicastery, with whom the Church’s situation in
Ahiara was widely examined. Pope Francis spoke of the inadmissibility of
the situation in Ahiara and reserved to take the appropriate measures.
He said he was entrusting the diocese of Ahiara to the motherly care of
Mary. The report said it was Benedict XVI who appointed Monsignor
Okpaleke in 2012, only to meet a storm of opposition by the leaders and
congregation. He was not even allowed to hold mass in the church. "His
predecessor, late Victor Adibe Chikwe, came from Mbaise and was accepted
by the worshippers, because he was son of the soil. "Pope Francis
appointed John O Onaiyekan apostolic administrator since July 2013. But
the crisis has lingered. "Since Okpaleke’s appointment in 2012, the
priests and Catholic faithful from Mbaise had insisted they wanted a
Bishop of Mbaise extraction," the report said. Okpaleke was however
ordained a bishop on May 21, 2013 in Owerri, the mother Diocese to
Ahiara diocese. PAY ATTENTION: Read the news on Nigeria’s #1 new app His
ordination was graced by the cream of the Catholic Church in Nigeria,
including Cardinal Onaiyekan, Archbishop of Jos and president Catholic
Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN); Ignatius Kaigama, Archbishop of
Owerri and Metropolitan of the Owerri Ecclesiastical Province, His
Grace, Archbishop Anthony J.V. Obinna and the Apostolic Nuncio to
Nigeria, His Grace, Archbishop Augustine Kasuija. In a post-ordination
speech, Okpaleke said: “My ordination is a celebration of my marriage to
the Church of God in Ahiara. "Just like wives married into families, I
have left my people and have become 'onye' (member of) Ahiara Diocese.
"I remember a piece of music by monks of Western Priory in the State of
Vermont USA, which I love so much. "The monks set into song Ruth’s
response to Naomi: “wherever you go, I shall go, wherever you live I
shall live. "You people will be my people and your God will be my God.
Wherever you die, I shall die and there I shall be buried.” NAIJ.com had
recently reported that the US President Donald Trump and Pope Francis
met on Wednesday in the Vatican City during Trump’s 1st foreign
presidential trip. The president, who was accompanied by First Lady
Melania Trump, was warmly welcomed at the Pope’s palace where they held a
private meeting before he emerged to talk to the press. “It is such an
honour…It was a great honour. Thank you very much,” President Trump
could be heard saying as he exchanged firm handshake with the
jovial-looking Pope and as they posed for photos. Read more:
https://www.naij.com/1109112-pope-francis-save-nigerian-bishop-ahiara-catholic-faithful.html
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- Bishop Peter Ebere
Okpaleke from Anambra state has been in a long-standing battle with
Catholic faithful in Ahiara, Imo state - As the crisis continues to
linger, Pope Francis has reportedly met with a delegation of top
Catholic priests in Nigeria Pope Francis has reportedly intervened in an
ethnic crisis involving Ahiara, a Nigerian town in Imo state whose
bishop, Peter Ebere Okpaleke, appointed by Benedict XVI in 2012, has
been rejected. Bishop Okpaleke was rejected lay people and priests of
the diocese. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that though
Okpaleke is an Igbo from Anambra state, the Catholic leaders in Ahiara
rejected him because he is not from Mbaise. NAIJ.com learnt that the
Vatican Insider said the pope has received a delegation from the Diocese
of Ahiara, accompanied by archbishop of Abuja and apostolic
administrator of Ahiara, Cardinal John O Onaiyekan. Pope Francis tries
to save Nigerian bishop from his Ahiara Catholic faithful Pope Francis
is said to have waded into the crisis in Ahiara At the meeting were the
metropolitan archbishop of Owerri, Monsignor Anthony Obinna, archbishop
of Jos and president of the Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, Monsignor
Ignatius Kaigama and the Bishop of Ahiara, Bishop Okpaleke. READ ALSO:
Wike appeals to UN to prevail on Buhari's government over Ogoni clean-up
The report added that Priests Clement O Ebii, Jude N Uwalaka, Uhuegbu
Innocent Olekamma, Sister Bernadette O Ezeyi and Stanley Pius Iwu, chief
of the staff were also part of the delegation. After a pilgrimage to
the tombs of the Apostles Peter and Paul and a visit to the Basilica of
Santa Maria Maggiore, the Nigerian delegation attended the pope’s
private mass celebration, the report said. The delegation had previously
met with Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, prefect of the
congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Fernando Filoni, and the
superiors of the same dicastery, with whom the Church’s situation in
Ahiara was widely examined. Pope Francis spoke of the inadmissibility of
the situation in Ahiara and reserved to take the appropriate measures.
He said he was entrusting the diocese of Ahiara to the motherly care of
Mary. The report said it was Benedict XVI who appointed Monsignor
Okpaleke in 2012, only to meet a storm of opposition by the leaders and
congregation. He was not even allowed to hold mass in the church. "His
predecessor, late Victor Adibe Chikwe, came from Mbaise and was accepted
by the worshippers, because he was son of the soil. "Pope Francis
appointed John O Onaiyekan apostolic administrator since July 2013. But
the crisis has lingered. "Since Okpaleke’s appointment in 2012, the
priests and Catholic faithful from Mbaise had insisted they wanted a
Bishop of Mbaise extraction," the report said. Okpaleke was however
ordained a bishop on May 21, 2013 in Owerri, the mother Diocese to
Ahiara diocese. PAY ATTENTION: Read the news on Nigeria’s #1 new app His
ordination was graced by the cream of the Catholic Church in Nigeria,
including Cardinal Onaiyekan, Archbishop of Jos and president Catholic
Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN); Ignatius Kaigama, Archbishop of
Owerri and Metropolitan of the Owerri Ecclesiastical Province, His
Grace, Archbishop Anthony J.V. Obinna and the Apostolic Nuncio to
Nigeria, His Grace, Archbishop Augustine Kasuija. In a post-ordination
speech, Okpaleke said: “My ordination is a celebration of my marriage to
the Church of God in Ahiara. "Just like wives married into families, I
have left my people and have become 'onye' (member of) Ahiara Diocese.
"I remember a piece of music by monks of Western Priory in the State of
Vermont USA, which I love so much. "The monks set into song Ruth’s
response to Naomi: “wherever you go, I shall go, wherever you live I
shall live. "You people will be my people and your God will be my God.
Wherever you die, I shall die and there I shall be buried.” NAIJ.com had
recently reported that the US President Donald Trump and Pope Francis
met on Wednesday in the Vatican City during Trump’s 1st foreign
presidential trip. The president, who was accompanied by First Lady
Melania Trump, was warmly welcomed at the Pope’s palace where they held a
private meeting before he emerged to talk to the press. “It is such an
honour…It was a great honour. Thank you very much,” President Trump
could be heard saying as he exchanged firm handshake with the
jovial-looking Pope and as they posed for photos. Read more:
https://www.naij.com/1109112-pope-francis-save-nigerian-bishop-ahiara-catholic-faithful.html
Read more:
https://www.naij.com/1109112-pope-francis-save-nigerian-bishop-ahiara-catholic-faithful.html
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- Bishop Peter Ebere Okpaleke from Anambra state has been in a
long-standing battle with Catholic faithful in Ahiara, Imo state
- As the crisis continues to linger, Pope Francis has reportedly met
with a delegation of top Catholic priests in Nigeria
Pope Francis has reportedly intervened in an ethnic crisis involving
Ahiara, a Nigerian town in Imo state whose bishop, Peter Ebere Okpaleke,
appointed by Benedict XVI in 2012, has been rejected.
Bishop Okpaleke was rejected lay people and priests of the diocese.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that though Okpaleke is an Igbo
from Anambra state, the Catholic leaders in Ahiara rejected him because
he is not from Mbaise.
NAIJ.com learnt that the Vatican Insider said the pope has received a
delegation from the Diocese of Ahiara, accompanied by archbishop of
Abuja and apostolic administrator of Ahiara, Cardinal John O Onaiyekan.
Pope Francis tries to save Nigerian bishop from his Ahiara Catholic
faithful
Pope Francis is said to have waded into the crisis in Ahiara
At the meeting were the metropolitan archbishop of Owerri, Monsignor
Anthony Obinna, archbishop of Jos and president of the Bishops’
Conference of Nigeria, Monsignor Ignatius Kaigama and the Bishop of
Ahiara, Bishop Okpaleke.
READ ALSO: Wike appeals to UN to prevail on Buhari's government over
Ogoni clean-up
The report added that Priests Clement O Ebii, Jude N Uwalaka, Uhuegbu
Innocent Olekamma, Sister Bernadette O Ezeyi and Stanley Pius Iwu, chief
of the staff were also part of the delegation.
After a pilgrimage to the tombs of the Apostles Peter and Paul and a
visit to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, the Nigerian delegation
attended the pope’s private mass celebration, the report said.
The delegation had previously met with Cardinal Secretary of State
Pietro Parolin, prefect of the congregation for the Evangelization of
Peoples, Fernando Filoni, and the superiors of the same dicastery, with
whom the Church’s situation in Ahiara was widely examined.
Pope Francis spoke of the inadmissibility of the situation in Ahiara and
reserved to take the appropriate measures.
He said he was entrusting the diocese of Ahiara to the motherly care of
Mary.
The report said it was Benedict XVI who appointed Monsignor Okpaleke in
2012, only to meet a storm of opposition by the leaders and
congregation.
He was not even allowed to hold mass in the church.
"His predecessor, late Victor Adibe Chikwe, came from Mbaise and was
accepted by the worshippers, because he was son of the soil.
"Pope Francis appointed John O Onaiyekan apostolic administrator since
July 2013. But the crisis has lingered.
"Since Okpaleke’s appointment in 2012, the priests and Catholic faithful
from Mbaise had insisted they wanted a Bishop of Mbaise extraction,"
the report said.
Okpaleke was however ordained a bishop on May 21, 2013 in Owerri, the
mother Diocese to Ahiara diocese.
PAY ATTENTION: Read the news on Nigeria’s #1 new app
His ordination was graced by the cream of the Catholic Church in
Nigeria, including Cardinal Onaiyekan, Archbishop of Jos and president
Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN); Ignatius Kaigama,
Archbishop of Owerri and Metropolitan of the Owerri Ecclesiastical
Province, His Grace, Archbishop Anthony J.V. Obinna and the Apostolic
Nuncio to Nigeria, His Grace, Archbishop Augustine Kasuija.
In a post-ordination speech, Okpaleke said: “My ordination is a
celebration of my marriage to the Church of God in Ahiara.
"Just like wives married into families, I have left my people and have
become 'onye' (member of) Ahiara Diocese.
"I remember a piece of music by monks of Western Priory in the State of
Vermont USA, which I love so much.
"The monks set into song Ruth’s response to Naomi: “wherever you go, I
shall go, wherever you live I shall live.
"You people will be my people and your God will be my God. Wherever you
die, I shall die and there I shall be buried.”
NAIJ.com had recently reported that the US President Donald Trump and
Pope Francis met on Wednesday in the Vatican City during Trump’s 1st
foreign presidential trip.
The president, who was accompanied by First Lady Melania Trump, was
warmly welcomed at the Pope’s palace where they held a private meeting
before he emerged to talk to the press.
“It is such an honour…It was a great honour. Thank you very much,”
President Trump could be heard saying as he exchanged firm handshake
with the jovial-looking Pope and as they posed for photos.
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- Bishop Peter Ebere Okpaleke from Anambra state has been in a
long-standing battle with Catholic faithful in Ahiara, Imo state
- As the crisis continues to linger, Pope Francis has reportedly met
with a delegation of top Catholic priests in Nigeria
Pope Francis has reportedly intervened in an ethnic crisis involving
Ahiara, a Nigerian town in Imo state whose bishop, Peter Ebere Okpaleke,
appointed by Benedict XVI in 2012, has been rejected.
Bishop Okpaleke was rejected lay people and priests of the diocese.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that though Okpaleke is an Igbo
from Anambra state, the Catholic leaders in Ahiara rejected him because
he is not from Mbaise.
NAIJ.com learnt that the Vatican Insider said the pope has received a
delegation from the Diocese of Ahiara, accompanied by archbishop of
Abuja and apostolic administrator of Ahiara, Cardinal John O Onaiyekan.
Pope Francis tries to save Nigerian bishop from his Ahiara Catholic
faithful
Pope Francis is said to have waded into the crisis in Ahiara
At the meeting were the metropolitan archbishop of Owerri, Monsignor
Anthony Obinna, archbishop of Jos and president of the Bishops’
Conference of Nigeria, Monsignor Ignatius Kaigama and the Bishop of
Ahiara, Bishop Okpaleke.
READ ALSO: Wike appeals to UN to prevail on Buhari's government over
Ogoni clean-up
The report added that Priests Clement O Ebii, Jude N Uwalaka, Uhuegbu
Innocent Olekamma, Sister Bernadette O Ezeyi and Stanley Pius Iwu, chief
of the staff were also part of the delegation.
After a pilgrimage to the tombs of the Apostles Peter and Paul and a
visit to the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, the Nigerian delegation
attended the pope’s private mass celebration, the report said.
The delegation had previously met with Cardinal Secretary of State
Pietro Parolin, prefect of the congregation for the Evangelization of
Peoples, Fernando Filoni, and the superiors of the same dicastery, with
whom the Church’s situation in Ahiara was widely examined.
Pope Francis spoke of the inadmissibility of the situation in Ahiara and
reserved to take the appropriate measures.
He said he was entrusting the diocese of Ahiara to the motherly care of
Mary.
The report said it was Benedict XVI who appointed Monsignor Okpaleke in
2012, only to meet a storm of opposition by the leaders and
congregation.
He was not even allowed to hold mass in the church.
"His predecessor, late Victor Adibe Chikwe, came from Mbaise and was
accepted by the worshippers, because he was son of the soil.
"Pope Francis appointed John O Onaiyekan apostolic administrator since
July 2013. But the crisis has lingered.
"Since Okpaleke’s appointment in 2012, the priests and Catholic faithful
from Mbaise had insisted they wanted a Bishop of Mbaise extraction,"
the report said.
Okpaleke was however ordained a bishop on May 21, 2013 in Owerri, the
mother Diocese to Ahiara diocese.
PAY ATTENTION: Read the news on Nigeria’s #1 new app
His ordination was graced by the cream of the Catholic Church in
Nigeria, including Cardinal Onaiyekan, Archbishop of Jos and president
Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN); Ignatius Kaigama,
Archbishop of Owerri and Metropolitan of the Owerri Ecclesiastical
Province, His Grace, Archbishop Anthony J.V. Obinna and the Apostolic
Nuncio to Nigeria, His Grace, Archbishop Augustine Kasuija.
In a post-ordination speech, Okpaleke said: “My ordination is a
celebration of my marriage to the Church of God in Ahiara.
"Just like wives married into families, I have left my people and have
become 'onye' (member of) Ahiara Diocese.
"I remember a piece of music by monks of Western Priory in the State of
Vermont USA, which I love so much.
"The monks set into song Ruth’s response to Naomi: “wherever you go, I
shall go, wherever you live I shall live.
"You people will be my people and your God will be my God. Wherever you
die, I shall die and there I shall be buried.”
NAIJ.com had recently reported that the US President Donald Trump and
Pope Francis met on Wednesday in the Vatican City during Trump’s 1st
foreign presidential trip.
The president, who was accompanied by First Lady Melania Trump, was
warmly welcomed at the Pope’s palace where they held a private meeting
before he emerged to talk to the press.
“It is such an honour…It was a great honour. Thank you very much,”
President Trump could be heard saying as he exchanged firm handshake
with the jovial-looking Pope and as they posed for photos.
Watch this video of the driver of a bishop in Nigeria who recently
converted to Islam:
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Share on Facebook Send via email
Subscribe now
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Read more: https://www.naij.com/1109112-pope-francis-save-nigerian-bishop-ahiara-catholic-faithful.html
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