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… […]
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… […]
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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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… […]
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… […]
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… […]
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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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. … […]
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. /… […]
State officials walk past injured victims on hospital beds being treated for wounds following an attack by gunmen at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Owo, southwest Nigeria, on June 5, 2022. / AFP via Getty Images
St. Louis, Mo., Aug 12, 2… […]
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