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Catholic News - General
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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Catholic News - Pope
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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Nigerian bishops discourage military intervention in Niger after coup
Niger's National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland Colonel-Major Amadou Abdramane (center), General Mohamed Toumba (center-left), and Colonel Ousmane…
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Nigerian priest freed after torture, hospitalized with ‘deep wounds on his head’
Father Marcellus Nwaohuocha was freed from captivity in the Archdiocese of Jos in Nigeria June 20, 2023. / Credit: OMI…
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Catholic News - Americas
Nigerian bishop describes persecution and killings of Catholics: ‘It has become a daily occurrence’
Nigerian Bishop Wilfred Anagbe sat down with CNA in June 2023 to discuss the ongoing persecution and killings of Catholics…
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Catholic News - General
Nigerian priest returning from pastoral duties shot dead; archdiocese in ‘great shock’
Father Charles Onomhoale Igechi was shot dead while returning from pastoral duties in Nigeria’s Benin City Archdiocese on Wednesday, June…
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