Pope Benedict XVI has galvanised Catholics at the close of 2012 to go on the offensive over key faith issues, forging new alliances and fighting secularism in the West with a media campaign.

IN his quest for global peace, General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, Tuesday played host to the first International Conference on the Establishment of the Conflict Mediation Commission, where he reiterated his call for a global enforcement of the various Unit-ed Nations resolutions on the advancement of the culture of peace.

THE President of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, has urged the Federal Government to ensure that the investigation into last Saturday’s helicopter crash in Bayelsa was thorough, reports JOSEPH ERUNKE.

AROUND Nigeria, although a multi-religious country, with an estimated population of 167 million, about 100 million people are expected to celebrate Christmas on December 25 which falls on a Tuesday this year, 2012. The bottomline is that those who celebrate Christmas to mark the birthday of Jesus Christ are basically Christians of all denominations — orthodox (Catholic), Anglican, Pentecostal, Methodist Baptist, Presbyterian, white-garment churches, Celestial, spiritual and others who belong to Christendom.

APOSTLE Anselm Madubuko, architect, publisher of the Gospel Forerunner, producer of the New Anointing, convener of the popular ‘ASUZA’ Conference, founder/General Overseer of Revival Assembly Church, Ogba, Ikeja in an interview with Media personalities, speak on the church’s 22nd anniversary cum annual Fire Convention commencing on December 14 to 17. Born of Ihiala, Anambra State parents who were civil servants, Madubuko studied Architecture at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. OLAYINKA LATONA was there. Excerpts…

WORRIED by the growing trend of terrorism in northern Nigeria, a coalition of Christian and Muslim youths paid a courtesy visit to the National President of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, and co-chairman of Nigerian Inter-Religious Council, NIREC, Pastor Ayo Orit-sejafor in his church office in Warri, seeking new approaches to tackle the menace.

General Overseer of the Gospel Faith Mission Internat-ional (GOFAMINT), Pastor Elijah Oludele Abina has urged memb-ers to always preach sound, balanced and undiluted gospel and be progress oriented by contributing to the deve-lopment of one another as well as supporting the expansion of God’s work.

FORMER Head of State and initiator of Nigeria Prays, Gen. Yakubu Gowon, retd,penultimate Sunday declared that Nigeria would have been ranking among the great economies of the world if succeeding governments followed, to the letter, the national development plans of earlier governments.

For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore you sons of Jacob are not consumed (Mal. 3:6). The only thing that is constant is God. This therefore means that all other things are subject to change.

Recently the Nigerian Press was awash with a deluge of criticisms about Pentecostal ministers buying jets and living in affluence. Beautiful!