The Bishops spoke in a statement issued by their President, Archbishop Lucius Ugorji, on Thursday in Abuja.
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The Bishops spoke in a communiqué issued at the end of their First Plenary Meeting.
The CBCN made the call in a communiqué issued at the end of its First Plenary Meeting on Thursday in Abuja.
Concerned about what might be the consequences of the proposed military intervention in Niger Republic, the Reunion of Episcopal Conferences of West Africa has urged the Authority of the ECOWAS Heads of State and Government to restrain from the use of force to restore the constitutional regime in the country.
Ugorji made the appeal at the opening of the 2023 First Plenary of CBCN held at the Catholic Secretariat in Abuja.
He made this known on Wednesday at the 1st Synod of the Catholic Diocese of Osogbo, held in Ede, Osun State.
The clerics in a communiqué after a meeting at Centre for Dialogue, Reconciliation and Peace, Jos, on Tuesday suggested ways to end the bloodletting.
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has assured members of the Administrative Board of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria on the Commission’s resolve to conduct free, fair and credible 2019 general elections.
Some Catholic bishops have called for deliberate positioning of youths for leadership and positive development in the country.
They made the call in a statement signed by their president, Archbishop Adewale Martins on Saturday in Lagos.
The clerics made the plea in a communique issued at the end of the 2nd Plenary Meeting of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria in Sokoto, held from September 6 to September 14.
A preparatory document released on Friday also says the meeting, known as a synod, taking place in October 2019, should consider conferring on women in the area some “type of official ministry”.
Bello made the apology at the maiden Kogi State Economic and Investment Summit, which was graced by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo in Lokoja.
This is contained in a joint statement made by the Commission of Bishops’ Conferences in the European Union and the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar on Sunday.
The prayers are for God’s intervention for the North and South to see themselves as one and for the unity of the country.
Kaigama said: “The conference notes with concern some events in certain parts of the country, which were threatening the continuous existence of Nigeria as a nation