Bishops express hope of US sanction of Nigeria over anti-Christian violence
Catholic prelates call on international community to not ignore the “genocide” of Christians in Nigeria
Catholic bishops in Nigeria are hoping for “tangible” results from the United States to sanction Nigeria’s “genocide” of Christians, after five US senators wrote to the Secretary of State to re-designate Nigeria as a religious freedom violator.”Priests are killed… extremists kidnapped our children and forcefully converted them to Muslims… there is palpable fear and tension across the country,” said Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto.People are yet to see any “tangible move” towards tackling Nigeria’s insecurity which, according to him, has a religious undertone.”The scope of persecution is wide and cross cutting, involving the rape and forced marriage of Christian girls, promulgation of policies…