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‘At every time, you could be a target’: Despite danger, Nigerian priest ministers to refugees of terrorism

July 16, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Ash Wednesday celebration at St. Patrick cathedral in Maiduguri, Feb. 26, 2020 / AFP/Getty

Washington D.C., Jul 16, 2021 / 09:30 am (CNA).
Father Joseph Bature Fidelis of the Diocese of Maiduguri is aware of the danger priests face from local Is… […]

Catholic priest in Nigeria who escaped nine-day captivity ‘responding well to medication’

July 13, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

Fr. Elijah Juma Wada was abducted on June 30, 2021, in Nigeria’s Maiduguri diocese. / Courtesy photo.

Maiduguri, Nigeria, Jul 13, 2021 / 17:01 pm (CNA).
Fr. Elijah Juma Wada, a priest of the Diocese of Maiduguri who was abducted June 30 and held… […]