Nigerian bishop addresses the evils of Islamist extremism at interfaith summit

Nigerian bishop addresses the evils of Islamist extremism at interfaith summit A man cries during a funeral Mass in the the parish hall of St Francis Xavier Church in Owo, Nigeria, June 17, 2022. The Mass was for 40 victims killed in a June 5 attack by gunmen during Mass at the church. Photo: CNS photo/Temilade Adelaja, Reuters

by Zelda Caldwell Before a gathering of religious leaders in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, a Catholic bishop from Nigeria gave an account of how his country had become a “cauldron of violence” at the hands of Islamist extremists. Addressing the G20 Religion Forum in Bali on November 3 in advance of the…

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