Bishop Joseph Kopacz will celebrate a Mass of Peace and Justice on Thursday, June 26, at 6 p.m. in Christ the King Church in Jackson. The Mass is offered for the church and people of Nigeria who are suffering grave persecution and destruction. Recently in the early hours of Friday, June 13, 2025, more than 200 Christian villagers were slaughtered by heavily armed Fulani jihadists in Yelwata, a farming community in Guma County, Benue State. This mass killing is part of a disturbing wave of targeted violence against Christians that has swept across central Nigeria in recent weeks.
All are invited to come a pray for justice and peace for the Christians being persecuted in Nigeria and those being persecuted all over the world for their faith.
