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In two months, 68 Christians are killed in Nigeria’s Benue State

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Conflicts between nomadic herders and settled farmers date back centuries, but the influx of high-grade firearms over the past several years has made the attacks ...

Priests are an ‘endangered species in Nigeria’

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According to data compiled by Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), at least 18 priests have been kidnapped in Nigeria since the beginning of ...

Bishop shocked at murder of two priests in Nigeria

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“With this situation, nobody is safe anywhere. If you go out of your house, even in the daytime, until you come back, you are not ...

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 ...

In wake of Pentecost massacre, Nigerian priest calls for help to discover the truth

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"Some of the speculation as to who did it sounds quite logical and fits in with the general situation of our country right now, such ...

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? ...
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