The Holy Innocents, by Stephen P. White
December 28, 2023Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation: Rachel Weeping for Her Children
December 28, 2023
By Peter Pinedo, Catholic World Report, Catholic News Agency, December 27, 2023
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 27, 2023 / 18:41 pm (CNA) – Catholic and Nigerian leaders are demanding government action as Christian villages in the central Nigerian state of Plateau are reeling from a series of Christmas weekend attacks that left nearly 200 Christian Nigerians dead.
Photos obtained by CNA show victims of the attacks being buried in mass graves, underscoring the scale of the bloodshed.
“This indeed has been a gory Christmas for us,” Plateau governor Caleb Mutfwang said in a Tuesday statement that noted the attacks were “well-coordinated” and carried out using “heavy weapons.” ….