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Nigerian priest recounts abductee ordeal, attributes escape to Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Father Isaac Agabi, a parish priest in Nigeria’s Diocese of Auchi, was abducted and tortured in 2020 and still suffers…
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3-day peaceful protests in Nigerian diocese call for end to abductions, killings
Participants in the three-day planned peaceful protests in Nigeria’s Diocese of Auchi from March 25–27, 2025, emphasized the need for…
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Nigerian diocese pays tribute to priest who was murdered on Ash Wednesday
Father Sylvester Okechukwu of the Diocese of Kafanchan in Nigeria was found murdered on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025. /…
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We’re ‘finding creative methods to reach people,’ says bishop of 1-year-old Nigerian diocese
Bishop Gerald Mamman Musa of the Diocese of Katsina in Nigeria. / Credit: Diocese of Katsina ACI Africa, Dec 26,…
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Seminary rector kidnapped during evening prayers at Nigerian minor seminary
Father Thomas Oyode, the rector of the Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary of Nigeria’s Diocese of Auchi, was abducted on Sunday,…
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Testimony of conversion is force behind Nigerian priest’s book promoting rosary devotion
Father Justine Dyikuk at the June 1, 2024, launch of his book “Me and my Rosary” in Glasgow, Scotland. /…
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Nigerian bishop: Tens of thousands spent to rescue kidnapped priests, seminarians
Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Diocese of Sokoto in Nigeria. / Credit: CTV Nigeria ACI Africa, Nov 3, 2023…
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Monk killed after kidnapping from Nigerian monastery eulogized as prayerful, easygoing
null / Credit: Emiliano Arruabarrena/Cathopic ACI Africa, Oct 25, 2023 / 16:30 pm (CNA). Tributes are pouring in for Brother…
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Monk shot, body thrown in river following kidnapping at Nigerian monastery
null / Credit: Cathopic ACI Africa, Oct 24, 2023 / 13:00 pm (CNA). A diocese in Nigeria announced that Brother…
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Nigerian teen whose Christian conversion triggered death threats granted restraining order
A map of Nigeria. / Credit: Shutterstock Boston, Mass., Aug 28, 2023 / 14:45 pm (CNA). An 18-year-old Nigerian Christian…
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