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Nigerian bishop: Tens of thousands spent to rescue kidnapped priests, seminarians

November 3, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

ACI Africa, Nov 3, 2023 / 14:15 pm A lack of security is impoverishing the Church in Nigeria, the bishop of Nigeria’s Sokoto Diocese said this week, noting that in the northern part of the country […]

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Nigeria bishop addresses the evils of Islamist extremism at interfaith summit

November 3, 2022 Catholic News Agency 7

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Diocese of Sokoto, Nigeria / EWTN/YouTube screen shot

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 3, 2022 / 17:30 pm (CNA).
Before a gathering of religious leaders in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim-majority co… […]

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Outspoken Nigerian bishop says he is ‘fine’, amid reports he was called in for questioning by state police

January 11, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto addresses a dinner of ADF International, "The Crisis of Religious Freedom in Nigeria," at the 2021 International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington, D.C. / International Religious Freedom Summi… […]

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Nigerian bishop who criticized government over Christian persecution called in for questioning: report

January 8, 2022 Catholic News Agency 8

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah. / Aid to the Church in Need/James Nicholls.

Denver Newsroom, Jan 8, 2022 / 15:33 pm (CNA).
A prominent Nigerian bishop has reportedly been ordered in for questioning by a state security agency, after the prelate cri… […]

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‘I believe in the Resurrection’: Nigerian bishop keeps hope amid rampant violence

July 15, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto addresses a dinner of ADF International, "The Crisis of Religious Freedom in Nigeria," at the 2021 International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington, D.C. / International Religious Freedom Summit… […]

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