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Participants at the Workshop on drug abuse, ritual killings and cultism in Nigeria. Credit: Caritas Foundation of Nigeria (Caritas Nigeria)

Drug Abuse, Cultism, Ritual Killings Threatening "very fabric" of Nigeria: Faith Leaders

May 24, 2022

Faith leaders in Nigeria have said that drug abuse, ritual killings and cultism, which they describe as the "triple menace", are threatening the Nigerian society at all levels.

Bishop Eugène Cyrille Houndékon reading the message of members of the Episcopal Conference of Benin (CEB)/ Credit: Courtesy Photo

Catholic Bishops in Benin Call for Respect of Human Dignity amid Surge in Ritual Crimes

May 22, 2021

Catholic Bishops in Benin are calling on the people of God in the West African nation to uphold human dignity amid an increase in reported cases of ritual crimes that have resulted in mob justice.

Bishop Mathieu Madega Lebouakehan of Gabon’s Mouila diocese who is at the helm of the Bishops’ Conference.

Bishops in Gabon Respond to Accusations of Silence Over “kidnappings, ritual killings”

Mar 2, 2020

Against the backdrop of accusations against the Catholic Bishops in Gabon for remaining silent over kidnappings and ritual killings in the Central African nation, the President of the Bishops' Conference of Gabon has, in a Lenten Message, come to the defense of the Church leaders, reaffirming the Church’s commitment in denouncing evil in society.

Drug Abuse, Cultism, Ritual Killings Threatening "very fabric" of Nigeria: Faith Leaders

Catholic Bishops in Benin Call for Respect of Human Dignity amid Surge in Ritual Crimes

Bishops in Gabon Respond to Accusations of Silence Over “kidnappings, ritual killings”

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