By Fr Geroge Adimike In humanity’s groping for intelligibility, direction and truth, universities are supposed to function as lighthouses that illuminate her pathways and waterways. In actuality, good universities liberate the benighted world from constraints, contradictions and paradoxes that register their presence through different forms of pseudo-freedom and reign of terror. A good university serves […]

By Fr George Adimike Nowadays, it feels romantic to think of the banishment of religion. However, without religion, morality has no firm foundation, no supernatural content and context and can most likely produce mischief-making egomaniacs. Therefore, perhaps the most fundamental question for every living person is: what is the meaning of life? Answers to this […]

By Fr George Adimike Why pray if you can work? Why work if you can pray? At the background of these polemical questions is the wrong presumption that prayer and work are mutually exclusive. The ramifications of this presumption underpin many of the contemporary preaching, satires and jabs against religion and existential enterprise. These questions […]

The Church is, therefore, a mystery of corporate existence, which abhors individualism or lone-ranger spirituality

Unwittingly, the unique role of Christ as the mediator is often juxtaposed with Mary’s intercessory vocation, leading many to consider her an obstacle to a relationship with God

Experience has shown that religion has suffered distortion from many of its adherents, making it appear as a merchant of hate, harbinger of division and source of discord.

Essaying on thanksgiving wrestles with the dynamic of receiving and giving, which forms the fulcrum of being human. This dynamic affects the whole aspect of our lives, including natural and supernatural dimensions. It makes our urge to give to God and fellow humans a constant.

By Fr George Adimike As the nations wrestle with COVID-19, the evaluation of its ramifications on human society forms the crucial part of the efforts. These efforts are adjudged adequate to the degree of its focus on society as a whole. Precisely, the measure of its toll on the health of nations measures its impact […]

A curious mind will undoubtedly struggle to understand the subject matter of this piece, but it is simple. It is merely an invitation to look at July from the context of Peter Obi and Victor Umeh as they celebrate their birthday on the 19th, and to view their lives in the context of the significance of July.

By Fr George Adimike In this era, as the world grapples with scapegoating the digital citizens, this caveat seems necessary and compelling. All internet users starting from the digital natives (the iGeneration) through the digital pioneers (Millennials or the Generation Y) to the digital migrants (Generation X) should bear in mind that the Internet neither […]

Fire is, arguably, the most significant discovery of humanity without which human civilization would have been a mirage.

On the 60th birthday of Senator Annie Okonkwo this 23rd May, it is fitting to underscore the goodness, clemency and generosity that have spelt his life these diamond years. In the street of good men, Senator Annie is very outstanding, and he brings Christian clemency and fraternal charity to a profound appreciation and significance.

By Fr. George Adimike The outbreak of COVID-19, with its pernicious effects leading to changes in habit and attitudes of people, is today being counterbalanced by societal holistic mobilization of resources for its defeat. To defeat this invisible enemy that has routed and destabilised the world, humans are displaying the potency of their will, which […]

Living the sacred vocation of business as a service forms part of the ramifications of God’s trusteeship of creation to man. Stewardship of creation flowers in entrepreneurship. In consequence, man adds value to God’s gift for a maximum benefit such that for instance, he grows the gift of a tree to bear more and better […]

By Fr. George Adimike Notwithstanding that faith and science are not identical twins, they are siblings born out of love of God and should not be in rivalry. Though some people misconstrue their rivalry to mean enmity, religion chimes with science as fruits of God’s creative wisdom for making sense of our existence. God entrusted […]