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Nigeria “is in trouble, no one appears to be safe”: Catholic Bishops of Owerri Province

Aug 12, 2022

The Catholic Bishops of Nigeria’s Owerri Ecclesiastical Province in the territory of Imo State are concerned with persistent insecurity in their Episcopal Sees, and have said that with violent entities “on the rampage”, the West African nation “is in trouble” and that “no one appears to be safe”.

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