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  • 1000 residents receive palliative items as Yola Catholic Bishop exits from CAN leadership

    1000 residents receive palliative items as Yola Catholic Bishop exits from CAN leadership

    Selected 1,000 widows, people with disabilities, and less privileged persons In Adamawa state have received cash, rice, maize, oil, and other essential food items to alleviate economic hardship.

    Each beneficiary was given N50,000, a 10kg bag of rice, a 10kg bag of maize, vegetable oil, salt, a pack of Maggi cubes, a mattress, and a piece of cloth.

    The distribution was organized by the Emnamu Foundation, established by renowned philanthropist Dr. Emmanuel Musa.

    The foundation frequently provides financial aid and commodities to those in need across the state and beyond.

    This particular gesture was made in honour of the Catholic Bishop of Yola, Bishop Dami Mamza, recognizing his successful tenure as the immediate past chairman of the Adamawa State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).

    Out of the 1,000 beneficiaries, 500 were widows from various Catholic Church parishes, while the remaining recipients were selected from the general public.

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    During the ceremony in Yola, Bishop Mamza expressed his gratitude to Dr. Emmanuel Musa and the Emnamu Foundation for using the occasion to support vulnerable widows and the less privileged.

    The bishop who has himself been a source of succour to the less privileged in the church and around communities in Adamawa state, said the assistance he renders is always purely on humanitarian grounds.

    Speaking in apparent response to insinuations that he has political ambition, the Most Reverend Stephen Mamza said he seeks no worldly rewards as he is happy over his place with God.

    In his goodwill message, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri thanked the Catholic Bishop of Yola for the moderation he brought as the CAN chairman which, according to the governor, entrenched peace, stability, and unity in the state.

  • How materialistic ‘general overseers’ dent Christianity, by Yola Catholic bishop

    How materialistic ‘general overseers’ dent Christianity, by Yola Catholic bishop

    The Bishop of the Yola Diocese of the Catholic Church, Stephen Mamza, has taken exception to the growing numbers of church founders whose intent appears to be dominantly materialistic.

    The bishop, who is the immediate chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Adamawa State, said this during a special Sunday service in Yola.

    He said: “Even the holy spirit will find it difficult to count the churches in Yola. Churches are set up today just for business.”

    The Yola Catholic bishop said that in Nigeria today, people just want to become general overseers and own private jets, and are into activities that embarrass the body of Christ.

    Mentioning the experience of a general overseer of a particular church who asked him to buy his church because the church was not yielding financial fruits, Mamza said: “A general overseer approached me to buy his church. He said things were not moving well for him and he knew of a place where things would work and where he wanted to go.”

    Bishop Mamza spoke at St Augustine’s Catholic Church, Bekaji, Yola where he presided over a special service to mark this year’s World Communications Sunday of the Catholic Church.

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    Speaking on the theme of this year’s World Communications Sunday, “Artificial Intelligence and the Wisdom of the Heart Towards a Fully Human Communication,’ the Yola Catholic bishop said the touch of passion and empathy in human communication cannot be replaced by artificial intelligence.

    He said: “Pope Francis invites us this World Communications Day to examine Artificial Intelligence and how it affects communication. Although all platforms for communications offer fantastic opportunities, they take out the humanity in us.

    “Any gadgets that deduct from how humanity comes together for impactful close-touch relationship is not good enough and need to be applied in retrospect.

    “Many circumstances crop up every so often when you need to be touched or touch someone when you need to stand right by somebody or have somebody stand by you. Only human communication can do this.”