“Priests have become an endangered species in Nigeria”
July 12, 2022
at least 18 priests have been kidnapped in Nigeria since the beginning of 2022, five in the first week of July alone. Although most were released unharmed, three were killed.
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Mexico: shooting of two Jesuits raises number of murdered priests in the past three years to seven
June 24, 2022
Two Jesuit priests were murdered by armed men inside a church in Mexico
Pentecost Sunday, Owo, Nigeria: 39 Catholics killed, more than 80 injured – The stories behind the numbers
June 22, 2022
"I don’t want to go to church again, because if I do, I might be killed."
Attack turns Pentecost Mass into bloodbath: “I shielded them as a hen shields her chicks”, Nigerian priest recalls
June 15, 2022
I stood there in shock, wondering what was going on, when someone ran to me, yelling: “Father, unknown gunmen!”
In wake of the Pentecost massacre, Nigerian priest calls “on anybody who can, to assist us with the investigation on the ground” to discover the truth.
June 8, 2022
The identity of the attackers of the Pentecost Sunday in Nigeria is still unknown, confirmed the Communications Director during an interview.
ACN statement about the Pentecost massacre in St. Francis Xavier Church in Owo, Nigeria
June 7, 2022
ACN is deeply shocked by the horrific attack, thoughts and prayers are with the victims, injured, their families and the entire Catholic community in Ondo.
Nicaragua bishop on hunger strike to protest police harassment
May 24, 2022
“We know that in this country insecurity comes precisely from the police, they were the ones making me feal unsafe”
#RedWeek lights up buildings and consciences to remember persecuted Christians around the world
December 1, 2021
Several hundred buildings, from Sydney, in Australia, to Paris, in France, were illuminated red during #RedWeek which ended on #RedWednesday, 24 November.