Katsina, 04 April, 2024 / 11:30 pm (ACI Africa).
Over 700 Christians were baptized on Easter Sunday in Nigeria’s Catholic Diocese of Katsina that is witnessing a rise in attacks that mainly target Christian communities.
In a Wednesday, April 3 interview with ACI Africa, Bishop Gerald Mamman Musa rejoiced at the successful celebration of Easter, the Diocese’s first.
The Nigerian Catholic Bishop said, “It was a very great celebration as we had priests gathered in the cathedral for that celebration for the first time.”
Credit: Catholic Diocese of Katsina
“Despite the insecurity challenges we face as a Diocese, we had over 700 people who were baptized and received Holy Communion. That is an incredible number,” the pioneer Bishop of the Nigerian Catholic Diocese that Pope Francis erected last October said.