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Africa Must “return love for love,” Vatican-based Nigerian Catholic Archbishop Calls for Renewed Missionary Zeal Abroad

Oct 31, 2025

The Secretary of the Vatican Dicastery for Evangelization has called upon the people of God in Africa to “return love for love,” embracing renewed missionary zeal, and sharing the spiritual fruits sown by early missionaries.

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