EXPULSION OF THE CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES FROM NIGERIA

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52ND ANNNIVERSARY OF THE EXPULSION OF THE CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES FROM NIGERIA (18 FEBRUARY 1970 – 18 FEBRUARY 2022)

By Rev Fr Angelo Chidi Unegbu ([email protected]) At the beginning of the Nigeria-Biafra War in 1967, the missionaries were ordered, or rather given the permission to leave Nigeria for their own safety, but they all decided to stay with their…

Angelo Chidi Unegbu
February 18, 2022

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COUNTDOWN TO THE 52ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE EXPULSION OF THE CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES FROM NIGERIA ON FEBRUARY 18, 1970 (2 DAYS TO GO)

Owing to the roles the Catholic missionaries played during the Nigeria-Biafra war, the American _Newsweek_ of 23 September 1968 declared that, “never before has the face of Catholicism appeared so attractive.” Picture: Fr Kelvin Doheny CSSp feeding the children during…

Angelo Chidi Unegbu
February 16, 2022