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Arsonists attack church in Nigeria

February 27, 2026

» Continue to this story on Punch

CWN Editor's Note: Arsonists attacked a Catholic church in Nigeria, setting fires to church records and cars, according to Punch, a Lagos-based newspaper.

The incident took place in Boki, in Nigeria’s Cross River State.

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Fri27 February
Lent

Friday of the First Week of Lent; Opt. Mem. of St. Gregory of Narek, Abbot & Doctor of the Church; Ember Friday

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Today is the Optional Memorial St. Gregory of Narek (950-1005). St Gregory of Narek, Doctor of the Church, Armenian monk, poet, mystical philosopher, theologian, writer and saint of the Armenian Apostolic Church and Catholic Church was born into a family of writers. Based in the monastery of Narek…

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