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Pope Leo XIV celebrates cinema with Hollywood stars and urges inclusion of marginal voices

Nigeria

Police fire tear gas at protesters demanding the release of separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu in Abuja, Nigeria, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. (Credit: Gbemiga Olamikan/AP.)

More killings highlight growing ‘Christian genocide’ in Nigeria

Nov 13
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Women mourn the death of a family member following the attack by gunmen in north-central Nigeria on April 15, 2025. (Credit: Samson Omale/AP.)

Catholics welcome Trump designation of Nigeria as Country of Particular Concern

Nov 3
Ngala Killian Chimtom

People prepare for a funeral in the Zike farming community in Nigeria on April 15, 2025. (Credit: Samson Omale/AP.)

Trump declares Nigeria “Country of Particular Concern” amid violence targeting Christians

Nov 1
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Women mourn the death of a family member following the attack by gunmen in north-central Nigeria on April 15, 2025. (Credit: Samson Omale/AP.)

Nigerian officials blast US lawmakers over claims of Christian persecution in Nigeria

Oct 11
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Expert claims priest kidnappings part of anti-Christian ‘genocide’ in Nigeria

Sep 20
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Nigerian soldiers in Gwoza, Nigeria, on April 8, 2015. (Credit: Lekan Oyekanmi/AP.)

Report: 100 Churches attacked monthly by jihadists in Nigeria

Sep 16
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Nigeria army patrols along the Kaduna Birnin Gwari area in Nigeria, Friday, March 8, 2024. (Credit: Sunday Alamba/AP.)

Archbishop says displacement camps competing for space in Nigeria

Sep 3
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Bishop Matthew Kukah of Sokoto, Nigeria, with priests. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Bishop says Africa’s ‘superfluous religion’ demands action, not just full churches

Aug 21
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Nigeria army patrols along the Kaduna Birnin Gwari area in Nigeria, Friday, March 8, 2024. (Credit: Sunday Alamba/AP.)

Armed militants burn Catholic parish church in Nigeria

Aug 15
Ngala Killian Chimtom

A woman walks past Nigerian soldiers in Gwoza, Nigeria, on April 8, 2015. (Credit: Lekan Oyekanmi/AP.)

Nigeria is still imposing restrictions on religious freedom, U.S. agency says

Jul 22
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Pope Leo XIV celebrates cinema with Hollywood stars and urges inclusion of marginal voices

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Leo wasn’t contradicting John Paul II on ‘pro-life,’ he was echoing him

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Nov 15
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Pope returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada as part of reckoning with colonial past

Nov 15
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