A Communiqué issued at the end of the First Plenary Meeting of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) (https://CBCN-ng.org) at the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria Resource Centre, Durumi, Abuja, 5 – 11 March 2022: 1. PREAMBLE We, the Catholic Bishops of Nigeria, held our First Plenary Meeting for the year at the Catholic Secretariat […]
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null / Courtesy photo.Kafanchan, Nigeria, Oct 13, 2021 / 17:45 pm (CNA).The three seminarians who were abducted Monday night from their seminary in Nigeria s Kaduna state have been released, the chancellor of the local Church confirmed on Wednesday."Barely 48 hours after their kidnap, our beloved brothers were released by their abductors," Fr. Emmanuel Okolo, chancellor of the Diocese of Kafanchan, said in an Oct. 13 statement.Fr. Okolo expressed gratitude to "all those that have offered prayers and entreaties for the quick release of our Seminarians and Others who are still in the dens of their kidnappers."Christ the King Major Seminary in Fayit, Fadam Kagoma, about 10 miles southwest of Kafanchan, was attacked by bandits around 7:30 pm Oct. 11.The three seminarians who were abducted from the seminary chapel belong to the Apostles of Divine Charity and the Little Sons of the Eucharist, and are all in their fourth year of theology.Christ the King Seminary houses mor