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Nigerian bishops urge people to pray for peace and stability
Feb 20, 2021 catholic news service
A man receives ashes during Ash Wednesday Mass inside the Church of the Assumption in Lagos, Nigeria, Feb. 26, 2020. In separate homilies this year, Catholic bishops advised the citizens to use Lent to pray for peace and stability in Nigeria. (Credit: Nyancho NwaNri/Reuters via CNS.)
In separate Ash Wednesday homilies, Catholic bishops advised Nigerians to use Lent to pray for peace and stability.
LAGOS, Nigeria In separate Ash Wednesday homilies, Catholic bishops advised Nigerians to use Lent to pray for peace and stability.
“We are in a real mess in Nigeria. We need God’s mercy. … Without God’s mercy, we are finished,” Bishop Emmanuel Adetoyese Badejo of Oyo said Feb. 17.
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