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Catholic Church in Nigeria

The Dispatch

Where is Mass attendance highest? One country is the clear leader

January 29, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

A group of school girls receiving the sacraments of baptism and confirmation in Onitsha, Anambra, Nigeria, on May 30, 2022. / Shutterstock

St. Louis, Mo., Jan 29, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA).
A compilation of new data by the Center for Applied R… […]

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Priest describes ‘horrifying’ new attack on Catholics in Nigeria that leaves at least 11 dead

January 20, 2023 Catholic News Agency 2

Some victims of the attack at the hospital in Agan and Makurdi, Benue State Nigeria. / Courtesy of Credit: Father Moses Aondover Iorapuu

Makurdi, Nigeria, Jan 20, 2023 / 18:15 pm (CNA).
At least 11 people, most of them Catholics, were killed Ja… […]

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Pope Francis prays for priest killed in Nigeria, asks for prayers for persecuted Christians

January 18, 2023 Catholic News Agency 4

Pope Francis prays at the general audience, Oct. 19, 2022 / Daniel Ibáñez / CNA

Vatican City, Jan 18, 2023 / 03:05 am (CNA).
At the end of his Wednesday audience, Pope Francis asked for people to join him in praying for persecuted Christians ar… […]

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BREAKING: Catholic priest burned to death in Nigeria

January 15, 2023 Catholic News Agency 5

Father Isaac Achi, a Nigerian Catholic priest, was murdered in Niger State on Jan. 15, 2023. / Diocese of Minna

Rome Newsroom, Jan 15, 2023 / 07:02 am (CNA).
A Catholic priest burned to death on Sunday after bandits set fire to his parish recto… […]

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Dozens still in captivity after Christmas Day attack in Nigeria, Catholic priest says

January 11, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

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CNA Newsroom, Jan 11, 2023 / 16:45 pm (CNA).
Dozens of abductees are still being held in captivity following the Christmas Day attack on Angwan Aku Village in Kaduna, a state located in the north of Nigeria, a Catholic pries… […]

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Bishop: ‘Nigeria is waiting’ for justice in Pentecost Sunday church massacre

December 9, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Altar of St. Francis Xavier Owo Catholic Parish of Ondo Diocese, Nigeria, where dozens were slain in a massacre on June 5, 2022. / Courtesy of ACN

Ado Ekiti, Nigeria, Dec 9, 2022 / 12:05 pm (CNA).
Six months after the Pentecost Sunday attack on… […]

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Despite incessant attacks, Nigerian Catholics keep their faith

December 2, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

Police and residents of Wumat, a farming town 45 miles south of Jos, Nigeria, arrive to survey damage and help survivors of a terrorist attack on Nov 22, 2022. / Courtesy of Victor Nafor

Abuja, Nigeria, Dec 2, 2022 / 13:45 pm (CNA).
November p… […]

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Nigerian bishop appeals for help from European Parliament as terrorist attacks continue

October 14, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Terrorist attacks in Benue State, Nigeria, have forced residents to flee their villages and, in some cases, seek shelter in local Catholic churches and schools. Pictured here is St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Yelewata. / Photo courtesy of Fathe… […]

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Pastor and more than 80 others kidnapped in attacks on two Nigerian churches

September 23, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 23, 2022 / 15:00 pm (CNA).
Armed men kidnapped more than 80 Christians last week in attacks on two separate churches in north-central and northwest Nigeria, reported Morning Star News.On Sept. … […]

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Freed Nigerian priest recounts details of his kidnapping by insurgents

September 7, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Formerly detained Father Oliver Opara (left) with Ummi Hassan; Bishop Matthew Kukah of the Diocese of Sokoto (not an abductee); Father Stephen Ojapah; and Hassan Fareed Hassan after the four were released from being held captive by terrorists. /… […]

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