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Catholics returning “in their thousands, not hundreds,” say bishops in Nigeria

Feb 18, 2026, 08:42 PM UTCReported

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Thousands of Catholics in northeast Nigeria have returned to church in defiance of fear, following more than 15 years of violent insurgencies.

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