Women are pictured in a file photo praying during Mass at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Abuja, Nigeria. Seminarian Andrew Peter, 21, has become the latest victim of killings in the West African country, where the attack and kidnapping of Catholic clergy is on the rise. On March 3, 2025, he was kidnapped alongside Fr Philip Ekweli, a priest from the Diocese of Auchi in southern Nigeria. The priest was released March 13, but the abductors killed the seminarian, the diocese said. Photo: OSV News/Afolabi Sotunde, Reuters.
Nigeria is the deadliest country in the world for Christians, according to the new chair of the US Commission on International Freedom (USCIRF). Vicky Hartzler became chair of the commission in June. In an interview with CNA, she said of her new mission: “We want to make a difference. We want to save lives.” Hartzler’s…
