Nigeria is at risk of following in the footsteps of Afghanistan and being overrun by Islamic rebels unless the West acts firmly to stop terrorist violence in the African nation, a Nigerian Bishop has warned British politicians.
Christians make up roughly half of Nigeria’s population, and Christians have been subject to increased risk of violence as part of wider political violence playing out in the country. There has been a worrying rise in the number of attacks on Christian churches in Nigeria, increasing from 18 in 2019, 31 in 2020, to 23 in the first six months of 2022, according to Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED).
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He loves, He hopes, He waits. If He came down on our altars on certain days only, some sinner, on being moved to repentance, might have to look for Him, and not finding Him, might have to wait. Our Lord prefers to wait Himself for the sinner for years rather than keep him waiting one instant.
St Julian Peter Eymard
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~ St Ambrose
