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A recent mass burial of victims of Fulani attacks in Riyom, local government area served by St. Laurence Parish of Nigeria's Catholic Archdiocese of Jos. Credit: Fr. George Barde

“We are on our own”: Christians in Nigeria Convinced Soldiers Working with Islamists

Aug 2, 2023

An incident that happened recently in Riyom Local Government Area of Nigeria’s Plateau State where Fr. George Barde had gone to conduct a mass burial of victims of Fulani attacks opened the eyes of the locals, especially Christians, to a harsh reality: that they are on their own, faced with the raging Islam jihad in the West African country.

Fr. George Barde, the parish priest of St. Laurence Parish Riyom of Nigeria's Catholic Archdiocese of Jos celebrates Mass at St. Augustine Catholic Church Rim. The church in Rim no longer has male participants in services as many of them have been killed by armed Fulani herdsmen. Credit: Fr. George Barde

Priest in Nigeria Pained by Killing of Last Man at Catholic Outstation

Aug 1, 2023

Pam Babos was the last man standing at St. Augustine Catholic Church Rim, one of the seven outstations of St. Laurence Parish Riyom in Nigeria’s Archdiocese of Jos.

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