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The resolution would also urge the administration to appoint a special U.S. envoy to monitor and report on incidents of persecution. For years, Nigeria has been recognized by religious-rights groups as one of the most dangerous countries in the world to be a Christian.
The photographs are on display until July 28 in an exhibition called ‘Among the Displaced’ at the Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Center for Thought & Culture
Pope Francis said that he was praying for victims of the attacks, in an appeal made at the end of his general audience on Sept. 28.
Bishop Avenya charged the Nigerian government for failing to protect Christians in the Middle Belt.
Delta State, where Issele-Uku is located, is overwhelmingly Christian, but small bands of Muslim militants who hide in the dense bush are an ongoing threat.
In the last year, several priests and seminarians, along with pastors from other Christian denominations, have been kidnapped in Nigeria, some for ranson, and some by Islamist militant and terrorist groups.
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