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“Homosexuality is a crime against humanity. It is not only a plot to destroy...
Interviewed by Noël Jean Fogang Néguim, Bernard Amadou Tikele and Ireneaus Chongwain ChiaAgainst a backdrop of a growing and an aggressive global advocacy for the acceptance and legalisation of...
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Africa and the Economy of Exclusion – Perspectives and New Horizons from Pope...
By Maurice Ashley Agbaw-Ebai (AMDG)As Africans respond to Pope Francis’ teaching ministry in seeking out new economic models for the continent, it might be helpful to situate the Pope’s teaching in a...
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Fr. Christian Ndzerem Mofor passes on to glory
By Jude AbansekaRev. Fr. Christian Ndzerem Mofor, a priest of Bamenda Archdiocese, died on Thursday, June 11, 2015 at St. Elizabeth General Hospital, Shisong after a protracted illness. Fr. Christian...
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Church gears up to give Christian Cardinal Tumi’s mother a befitting burial
By Emmanuel VerdzekaThe mother of Cameroon’s lone Cardinal, Yaa Catherine La’aka Tumi, who died on June 8, 2015, will be buried on June 27 at the Kumbo Cathedral cemetery after a funeral Mass at St....
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A priest’s response to the nationwide legalisation of gay marriage Where do...
By Fr. Wilfred EmehThe unsettling legalisation of same-sex unions by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 26, 2015, marked a stormy turning point in the history of the American people and...
View Article[New] Read L'Effort Camerounais on your smartphone with Kokipress
In order to make L'Effort Camerounais accessible worldwide instantly to our readers, we recently partnered with Kokipress : they offer a mobile application that let users read L'Effort Camerounais on...
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Blessed are you, Beloved and Eminent Fr. Christian Mofor, PHD, because you...
By Maurice Ashley Agbaw-Ebai (AMDG)When humans die, it is customary to say things about them, to look at the legacy they have left behind. When great and good men and women die, it becomes difficult to...
View ArticleBEYOND NOTHING ELSE
For Rev. Professor Christian Moòfon (1957 - 2015) By Bongasu Tanla KishaniReverend Christian Moòfon!We remember you,a softspoken priest,a milestone philosopher,a chop-chair teacher,a relentless...
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“We are convinced that the Faculty of Medicine of the Catholic University of...
Interviewed by Sylvestre Ndoumou, Gildas Mouthé and Bernard AmadouAfter it had earlier been authorised and later suspended, the State has finally approved the Faculty of Medicine of the Catholic...
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Bishop Bushu Presents State of Buea Diocese
“A good number of priests and Christians expected that someone should have been appointed from among the Priests within the Diocese of Buea, --- so from day one few Priests and Christians have seen me...
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A Christian Response to Python and names in Bamenda
By Rev. Fr. Michel Tchoumbou NgantchopA short video clip from CRTV landed on our family Whatsapp forum this week. It was a segment from the 7:30 bilingual news talking about a python that was allegedly...
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Cameroonian immigrants in the US celebrate with Pope Francis
By Lambert MbomPope Francis recently completed a four-day visit to the United States that took him to Washington DC, New York and Philadelphia, three major cities on the East Coast known to be hubs for...
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The identity of Consecrated Men and Women
By Br. Peter Acho AwohEvery evening at sunset, a Rabbi walked through the town in which he lived as far as its outskirts. This daily routine gave him time to reflect and also to keep up on the comings...
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The Church in Africa and the 2015 Synod on the Family: Some Historical...
By Maurice Ashley Agbaw-Ebai (AMDG)According to Vatican figures, there are an estimated 1.2 billion Roman Catholics in the world. More than 40 percent of the world's Catholics live in Latin America -...
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Mgr. Damase Zinga Atangana appointed Bishop of Kribi Diocese
On November 07, 2015, Pope Francis appointed Mgr. Damase Zinga as the Bishop of Kribi Diocese. The new Bishop has replaced the first Bishop of Kribi, Mgr. Joseph Befe Ateba of Blessed memory. Before he...
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Remembering Benedict XVI Three Years Later
By Maurice Ashley Agbaw-Ebai (AMDG)February 11 is celebrated in the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar as the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, which recalls the 1858 apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary...
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Kumba Diocese created and Bishop appointed for Ngaoundéré
Pope Francis has erected the new Diocese of Kumba, Cameroon, with territory taken from the Diocese of Buea, making it a suffragan of the metropolitan see of Bamenda. He has appointed Bishop Agapitus...
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“Traditional rulers should stay neutral because their subjects belong to...
Interviewed by Jude AbansekaThe North West and South West Regions are being rocked by growing conflicts between traditional rulers and their subjects over the disrespect of traditional procedures and...
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Declaration of the Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Douala to the...
Man is called to a plentitude of life which goes well beyond his earthly life since it is a participation in God’s own life. The depth of this supernatural vocation reveals the grandeur and the price...
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The priest and Marian devotion
By Fr. Canisius Tah, Archdiocese of BaltimoreA couple of years ago, I had the privilege and opportunity to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land for the very first time. The holy sites we visited and many...
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“I already feel at home and ready to work hard with the priests and Christ’s...
Interviewed by John Neba and Ireneaus Chongwain ChiaNews of the creation of the Kumba Diocese is still fresh in the minds of many Christians especially those of Kumba who had longed for a diocese for...
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Pope Francis appoints Fr. Philippe Alain Mbarga Bishop of Ebolowa
On Saturday, October 22, 2016, Pope Francis appointed Fr. Philippe Alain Mbarga as the Bishop of Ebolowa, South Cameroon. Before his appointment, Fr. Philippe Alain Mbarga was the Rector of Our Lady of...
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Mgr. Faustin Ambassa Ndjodo appointed Archbishop of Garoua
On Saturday, October 22, 2016, Pope Francis appointed Mgr. Faustin Ambassa Ndjodo as the Archbishop of Garoua, Cameroon. Before his appointment he was the Bishop of Batouri Diocese.Mgr. Ambassa Ndjodo...
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Pope Francis names Mgr. Emmanuel Dassi Youfang Auxiliary Bishop of Bafoussam
Source: ZenitOn Monday, November 07, 2016, Pope Francis named Mgr. Emmanuel Dassi, a member of the Emmanuel Community since 1997, as the Auxiliary Bishop of Bafoussam and assigned to the Titular See of...
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Eseka Train Hecatomb: Bishops Of Douala Ecclesiastical Province Speak Out!
To all God’s People in the Douala Ecclesiastical Province,To all men and women of goodwillLast October 21 in Eseka precisely at the CAMRAIL station, a fatal train accident plunged our Ecclesiastical...
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Pope names Auxiliary Bishop for Bamenda Archdiocese
By Jude AbansekaPope Francis has appointed Rev. Fr. Michael Miabesue Bibi as the Auxiliary Bishop of Bamenda Archdiocese. The Archbishop of Bamenda, His Grace Cornelius Fontem Esua, read the...
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“I thank God for calling me into the Episcopate and count on everyone’s...
Interviewed by Jude AbansekaShortly after the new Auxiliary Bishop for Bamenda Archdiocese was appointed, L’Effort Camerounais caught up with him and had his initial reaction. Excerpts:How did you...
View ArticleA Joint Communiqué From The Moderator Of The Presbyterian Church In Cameroon,...
By Divine Providence, the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Cameroon, and the Executive President of the Cameroon Baptist Convention visited the Archbishop of Bamenda when the Bamenda Provincial...
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A communique from the Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province Of Bamenda On...
The Catholic Church has the mandate from her Divine Founder to go out and teach all nations (Mt. 28:19, Mk. 16:16). This is why she teaches that “all men of whatever race, condition or age, in virtue...
View ArticleThe Idiocy Of Wanton Kleptomania
By IreneausChongwain ChiaThe multiplicity of anti-corruption structures in Cameroon seems not to be dissuasive enough as the corruption hydra continues growing its ugly head in Cameroon’s corruption...
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New Bishop of Yokadouma named
Your Excellency,While you were commemorating your 75th birthday, on Christmas Day 2014, as tradition requires, you forwarded to the Holy Father your renunciation to the Episcopal See of Yokadouma. The...
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“I am disappointed because I do not know who is dragging me to court,”...
After a nebulous group known as the consortium of parents dragged the Bishops of the BamendaEcclesiastical Province to court to answer a seven-count charge brought against them, L’Effort Caeroumnais...
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Bishop of Bafia, Mgr. Jean Marie Benoit Balla reported missing
His Excellency Monsignor Samuel KLEDA,Archbishop of Douala,Current President of the National Episcopal ConferenceSince this morning, May 31, 2017, His Excellency Monsignor Jean Marie Benoit BALLA,...
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"Bishop Bala did not commit suicide, but was brutally assasinated," Bishops...
DECLARATION OF THE BISHOPS OF CAMEROON Following the tragic death of His Lordship Jean Marie Benoit BALA Bishop of BafiaThe Bishops of Cameroon met in an Extraordinary General Assembly at the...
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“Kembong people are not running away from attackers, but from the military...
Interviewed by John Neba and Ireneaus Chongwain ChiaThe Bishop of Mamfe Diocese, Mgr. Andrew Fuanya Nkea, has reacted to a recent incident in Kembong village, Eyumojock Sub-Division, Mamfe, in which...
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Mgr. James Toba commemorates Diamond priestly ordination Jubilee
By Ireneaus Chongwain Chia with inputs from Angeline NsumjamPresent and some ex-students of Sasse College and St. Paul’s College, Bonjongo, priests and Religious, the lay faithful and friends and...
View ArticleCan This Be Happening In A State Of “Law”?
By Ireneaus Chongwain ChiaThere is evidently no logic in war, but certain war realities are simply shocking. It is not yet a full-blown war but the mileage of atrocities in the North West and South...
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Abducted priest attributes release to power of prayers
By Ireneaus Chongwain ChiaThe principal of St. Bede’s College Ashing-Kom, Rev. Fr. William Neba, who unidentified but suspected separatists, kidnapped and whisked away to an unknown destination during...
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Bishop Francis Teke Lysinge - An Eschatological Sign of Holiness
Sermon by Fr. Maurice Ashley Agbaw-Ebai (AMDG)Mulhiem an der Ruhr, Germany, July 22, 2018 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,Praise Be Our Lord Jesus Christ, Both Now and Forever, Amen!During this...
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“ It is because of insecurity that parents were called to take their children...
Interviewed by John Neba and Ireneaus Chongwain ChiaFollowing the recent attack of students in Sasse College, L’Effort Camerounais caught with the Communications Director of Buea Diocese, Rev. Br....
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