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By Prof. Januarius Asongu (Written on the occasion of Mgr Bushu's 80th birthday on July 31, 2024)

“How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.”
~ William Shakespeare (The Merchant of Venice)

His Lordship, the Right Reverend Dr. Immanuel Banlanjo Bushu, PhD, DD, emeritus bishop of Buea, stands as a towering figure of faith, leadership, and service. His tenure as bishop was marked by profound dedication to his flock, a deep commitment to education, and...

We cannot defend democracy by obliterating its foundations.
by Januarius Asongu, For The Inquirer
Published Jan. 5, 2026, 12:00 p.m. ET

The images are historic and alarming: Nicolás Maduro, the president of Venezuela, captured and transported by a U.S. warship to stand trial in a New York federal court. President Donald Trump hails this as justice, promising Maduro will face the “full might of American justice.”

But this is not justice. It is its opposite.

Maduro is an autocrat. I do not support...

Dear Archbishop Nkea:

Greetings! Your statement urging Cameroonians to “leave the Bishops to preach their gospel” profoundly misses the point. The Gospel is Christ’s—a public truth demanding ethical witness. Neutrality in the face of corruption is not fidelity; it is complicity in what our theology calls structures of sin.

The Church’s history is written by prophets and martyrs who contradicted unjust power. Today, a damaging “unease” with this prophetic role has taken hold. Critical Liberative...

Your Excellencies,

I write with profound respect and ecclesial deference to petition, jointly and formally, for the opening of a diocesan inquiry into the life, virtues, and reputation for holiness (fama sanctitatis) of Fr. John Brummelhuis, MHM, a Dutch missionary priest of the Mill Hill Missionaries whose ministry profoundly shaped the Church and society in what is today the Bamenda Ecclesiastical Province of Cameroon.

This petition is respectfully addressed to Your Excellencies collectively,...

By Prof. Januarius Asongu

The recent decision by the Cameroon Episcopal Conference to train seminarians at St. Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary, Bambui (STAMS), on safeguarding minors and vulnerable persons is a welcome and commendable development. It signals an important recognition that the Church must take seriously its responsibility to protect the vulnerable and to form future priests with a clear understanding of moral boundaries, human dignity, and pastoral responsibility. Formation that...