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Dozens of NFL players urge Trump, Congress to protect Nigerian Christians from persecution

More than 60 current and former NFL players are calling on Washington leaders to take action against anti-Christian terrorism in Nigeria, including Tony Dungy, Kirk Cousins, and others.

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Peter Michaels

• Dec 22, 2025

Trump's UN ambassador calls persecution of Nigerian Christians a 'genocide'

It appears to be the first time a US government official has used the term 'genocide' to describe the persecution of Christians in Nigeria.

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Charles Richards

• Nov 18, 2025Nov 19, 2025

New report details atrocities of persecution in Nigeria with 8,000 Christians killed last year alone

The massacre of Christians in Nigeria is now dubbed ‘Silent Genocide’ or ‘Jihadist Genocide of Christians.’

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Louis Knuffke

• Feb 21, 2024Feb 22, 2024

Nigerian bishop speaks out against ‘atrocities’ of ongoing Islamic persecution against Christians

Bishop Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe described the Fulani herdsmen's brutal attacks, including a Good Friday massacre that left 43 dead and 40 injured of which he said, 'If you see the video, you would just weep. They came and they slaughtered all of them.'

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Louis Knuffke

• Jun 26, 2023Jun 27, 2023

Two more priests abducted in Nigeria as persecution of Christians continues

Kidnappers took Fr. Chochos Kunav and colleague Fr. Raphael Ogigba hostage on April 30, police confirmed.

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Louis Knuffke

• May 3, 2023May 4, 2023

Democrats in the US 'look away' from persecution of Christians in Nigeria, African bishop says

Many thousands of Christians in Nigeria are thought to have been killed through religious persecution this year alone.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Dec 13, 2022

28 Christians massacred in Nigeria as Islamic militants target village overnight

Militants cut telecommunications, fired on anyone leaving their home, and burned houses in the June 22 attack on Kawel in Nigeria's Plateau State.

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Gaetano Masciullo

• Jun 26, 2026Jun 26, 2026

Islamic terror group kills 17 Christians in Congo, many still missing

The ISIS-linked ‘Allied Democratic Forces’ recently launched another deadly attack on villages in the Congo, which is ranked the second most dangerous country for Christians, after Nigeria.

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Calvin Freiburger

• May 22, 2026May 22, 2026

'Great miracle': Our Lady statue untouched by fire at Catholic hospital in Nigeria

'I started shouting, crying, and singing because I realized this was a great miracle,' hospital administrator Sister Maria Chinaemerem Igwe said.

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Ray Hilbrich

• May 21, 2026

Nigerian bishop urges prayers for return of kidnapped priest, parishioners

Bishop Julius Yakubu Kundi of Kafanchan appealed to the Blessed Virgin to intercede for the captives during the month of Mary.

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Ray Hilbrich

• May 11, 2026May 12, 2026

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Dozens of NFL players urge Trump, Congress to protect Nigerian Christians from persecution

Trump's UN ambassador calls persecution of Nigerian Christians a 'genocide'

New report details atrocities of persecution in Nigeria with 8,000 Christians killed last year alone

Nigerian bishop speaks out against ‘atrocities’ of ongoing Islamic persecution against Christians

Two more priests abducted in Nigeria as persecution of Christians continues

Democrats in the US 'look away' from persecution of Christians in Nigeria, African bishop says

28 Christians massacred in Nigeria as Islamic militants target village overnight

Islamic terror group kills 17 Christians in Congo, many still missing

'Great miracle': Our Lady statue untouched by fire at Catholic hospital in Nigeria

Nigerian bishop urges prayers for return of kidnapped priest, parishioners