Nigeria
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Catholic News - Americas
UPDATE: Trump says he will designate Nigeria 'country of particular concern'
An African nun prays the rosary. On Jan. 7, 2025, two religious sisters were kidnapped in the Archdiocese of Onitsha…
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Catholic News - Pope
Members of Congress, USCIRF push to designate Nigeria as country of particular concern
Over 200 Christians were murdered by Islamist militants in Nigeria on June, 13, 2025. / Credit: Red Confidential/Shutterstock Washington, D.C.…
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Catholic News - Pope
Top U.S. political satirist draws attention to plight of Christians in Nigeria
“Where are the kids protesting this?” Bill Maher said of the Christian genocide in Nigeria during the Sept. 26, 2025,…
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Catholic News - Pope
Nigeria rights groups seek release of 850 Christians held in notorious jihadist village
Nigerian security officers during a military operation ahead of the gubernatorial elections in Benin City, Edo, Nigeria, on Sept. 17,…
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Catholic News - Pope
Christian persecution in Nigeria: 1,200 churches destroyed annually, hundreds killed
Nigerian security officers during a military operation ahead of the gubernatorial elections in Benin City, Edo, Nigeria, on Sept. 17,…
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Catholic News - General
Catholic priest killed in ‘senseless act of violence’ in Nigeria
Father Matthew Eya, a parish priest in the Diocese of Nsukka in Nigeria, was shot and killed on the evening…
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Catholic News - General
‘I don’t have a village anymore’: Priest decries insecurity, persecution in Nigeria
Father Vealumun Paul Ansbert Mom, the superior general of the Via Christi Society in Nigeria, has decried the state of…
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Catholic News - Pope
Nigeria Church official calls for justice in 2022 Pentecost Sunday attack
Father Solomon Zaku, pictured on the right, is the national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Nigeria and has…
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Catholic News - General
Nigeria, Iran, China top priority countries for new religious freedom commission chair
Burned vehicles after Good Friday raid on April 7, 2023, in Ngban, Benue state, Nigeria. / Courtesy of Justice, Development,…
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Catholic News - Pope
Nigeria bishops call for prayer, fasting for Benue attack victims
The Catholic bishops in Nigeria’s Onitsha ecclesiastical province have condemned recent attacks in Benue state that reportedly resulted in the…
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