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Catholic Church in Nigeria

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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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Nigerian bishop: Christian persecution is “more intense now than ever”

December 16, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Bishop Stephen Dami Mamza of the Diocese of Yola, pictured in 2015. / Ogalaemmauel/CC BY-SA 4.0

Denver Newsroom, Dec 16, 2021 / 11:30 am (CNA).
A Nigerian Catholic bishop has challenged the United States Secretary of State to justify his decisi… […]

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Legal group joins outcry over removal of Nigeria from religious freedom watch list

November 23, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

The flag of Nigeria on a military uniform. / Bumble Dee/Shutterstock.

Denver Newsroom, Nov 23, 2021 / 15:14 pm (CNA).
An international legal group has joined the outcry over the U.S. State Department’s decision to remove Nigeria from this year’… […]

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Religious freedom advocates ‘appalled’ as State Department removes Nigeria from watch list

November 18, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

The flag of Nigeria on a military uniform. / Bumble Dee/Shutterstock.

Rome Newsroom, Nov 18, 2021 / 09:00 am (CNA).
After the U.S. State Department released its list of countries with the most egregious religious freedom violations this week, h… […]

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Attack on Christians in Nigeria described as a ‘massacre’

September 30, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Kaduna State in northern Nigeria. / CSW.

Kaduna, Nigeria, Sep 30, 2021 / 04:30 am (CNA).
A Catholic priest has described last Sunday’s attacks on villages in Nigeria’s northern Kaduna State as a “massacre” against native people, many of whom are… […]

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Catholic diocese rejoices as priest is freed barely 24 hours after kidnapping

September 16, 2021 Catholic News Agency 1

Fr. Benson Bulus Luka was kidnapped from his parish residence in Nigeria’s Kafanchan diocese on Sept. 13, 2021. / Kafanchan Diocese

Kafanchan, Nigeria, Sep 16, 2021 / 03:10 am (CNA).
A Nigerian Catholic priest kidnapped at his parish residence o… […]

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