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Nigeria cries out for justice and religious freedom
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“What but pure evil would make a man kill a four-year-old and a two-year-old like this, in church during Mass?” the bishop asked. He added, ...
More priests are kidnapped in Nigeria
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Father Vitus Borogo was murdered during a botched kidnapping attempt. Father Joseph Aketeh Bako was abducted at the beginning of March and spent one month ...
They survived Nigeria’s Pentecost massacre
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"As I was lying there, one of the gunmen threw a tiny light close to me. It immediately registered in my head that it could ...
In Nigeria, attack turns Pentecost Mass into bloodbath—Parish priest tells his story
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"But then I heard a second loud noise, and I saw parishioners running in different directions in the church. I stood there in shock, wondering ...
Pentecost massacre at St. Francis Xavier Church in Owo, Nigeria
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“It is Pentecost Sunday, a time every Catholic is expected to be in Church to commemorate the Solemnity. It is so sad to say that ...
Nigerian bishop charges government has failed the people and that West is complicit
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When asked about the fact that many northern states have sharia law, and therefore do not have 100 percent religious freedom, he laughs. “100 percent? ...
Nicaragua: bishop goes on hunger strike to protest police harassment
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Bishop Álvarez, who has taken refuge during in the parish of Santo Cristo de las Colinas, in Managua, accused the police of having set up ...
A call for Christians to join the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China
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“I invite you to accompany with fervid prayer the Christian faithful in China, our dearest brothers and sisters, whom I carry in the depth of ...
Anti-Christian violence follows killing of Christian girl in Sokoto, Nigeria
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Bishop Kukah appealed “to Christians to remain law abiding and pray for the return of normalcy and congratulates the local authorities and police for their ...
ACN deplores murder of priest in Kaduna, Nigeria
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“The increase in kidnappings, murders and general violence against civilians, including members of the Catholic clergy in many parts of Nigeria, is a scourge that ...









