Violence Not Far Away from Sisters, HVM

Pope Leo XIV condemned the terrible massacre of approximately 200 persons that occurred last Friday night , June 13/14, 2025, in the village of Yelewata, Benue State, Nigeria. Families in homes and shelters were attacked without warning in the dark of the night. Men, women and children were indiscriminately set aflame, shot and cut with machetes.

Pope Leo prays:  https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2025-06/pope-terrible-massacre-guma-yelwata-benue-state-nigeria.html

News:  A familiar pattern of bloodshed:  https://globalvoices.org/2025/06/16/nigeria-witnesses-one-of-its-deadliest-attacks-in-2025/

News:   Yelewata Massacre:  https://opitanglobalmedia.com/tragedy-in-benue-over-100-feared-dead-in/

Video: https://apnews.com/video/yelewata-community-in-mourning-after-gunmen-kill-150-in-north-central-nigeria-3837f6a8df8046fa9473c03b7c076aec

Pope Leo prayed for “security, justice, and peace” in Nigeria, especially the “rural Christian communities of the Benue State who have been relentless victims of violence”. Nigerian Church officials were grateful for Pope’s support and prayers.

Home Visitors of Mary Sisters teach at 2 schools in Benue State not far distant from Yelewata: in Ichama and in Korinya.

Please join with Pope Leo and with the Sisters, Home Visitors of Mary in pray for peace and an end to bloodshed in Nigeria and throughout the world.

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