Nina Shea National Review June 21, 2022 Original article Millions of Christians there continue to be targeted simply for practicing their faith. Sixteen days after the massacre on Pentecost Sunday in Nigeria, at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Ondo state, we know one thing for certain: Nigeria’s government is letting the attackers get away…
Michael Finan June 15, 2022 Original article Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), an internationally renowned leader in the fight for religious freedom, today petitioned a top U.S. State Department official to meet with Nigerian Bishop Jude Arogundade in the wake of last week’s horrific massacre at a Catholic church in the Diocese of Ondo that left 40 people…
Ryan Foley The Christian Post June 4, 2022 Original article The U.S. State Department says it has raised concerns about religious freedom conditions in Nigeria even though advocates accuse the Biden administration of pushing a “political narrative” as the West African country faces increasing extremist and communal violence. The State Department released its annual international…
Nina Shea National Review Mar 20, 2022 Link to article As the CCP subjugates Hong Kong’s churches and their schools, no political space to object remains. At Beijing’s insistence last October, Hong Kong’s Bishop-elect Stephen Chow and 15 senior Catholic priests met with the mainland’s state-controlled Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association. As the government watched on…
Link to original article Link to related twitter post In December 2020, the United States’ (US) State Department designated Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), finding that the government was responsible for engaging in or tolerating “systematic, ongoing, egregious violations of religious freedom.” The rather belated decision marked the first time Nigeria had been…
