Two more priests were kidnapped recently in Nigeria by jihadists, as Christian persecution continues in a country that, paradoxically, is experiencing exponential growth in Catholicism. Rev. Fr. John Ubaechu, the parish priest of Holy Family […]
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Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto, Nigeria, gestures during a 2016 interview with Catholic News Service in Washington. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)Two more priests were kidnapped recently in Nigeria by jihadists, as Christian persecution continues in a country that, paradoxically, is experiencing exponential growth in Catholicism.
Rev. Fr. John Ubaechu, the parish priest of Holy Family Catholic Church in Izombe, in Imo State in southeastern Nigeria, was taken captive on Sunday, March 23, on his way to the Priests’ Annual Retreat.
