More Than 700 Baptized on Easter in Nigeria Despite Rise in Attacks on Christians
Bishop Musa is still hopeful that his diocese will continue to sustain new converts who have embraced the faith.
Bishop Musa is still hopeful that his diocese will continue to sustain new converts who have embraced the faith.
Bishop Zaidan noted that Nigeria has more than 3 million internally displaced people.
The provincial secretary of the Claretians, Father Dominic Ukpong, had announced the abduction of his two confreres in a statement on Feb. 2.
The bishops also weighed in on the beginning of the preparations for the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year.
According to accounts by several local news sources and human rights activists, 198 Christians were killed in a series of terror attacks in 26 Christian communities in Plateau.
Catholic clergy in particular have been targeted in the West African nation.
Detailed day-by-day account of what transpired from the moment armed men broke into their monastery in Eruku and took the three of them away.
Nigeria has witnessed a surge in violence orchestrated by gangs, whose members carry out indiscriminate attacks, kidnappings for ransom, and in some cases, killings.
Father Joseph Ekesioba, a former novice director at the monastery, said that Brother Godwin Eze was shot by Fulani bandits a day after the kidnapping.
Nigeria has been experiencing insecurity since 2009 when Boko Haram insurgency began with the aim of turning the country into an Islamic state.
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