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‘It’s a public service’

Even amidst tragic news that at least 18 Christians in Nigeria’s Middle Belt state of Plateau were killed by Fulani jihadists over the past week, there is reason for hope: The nation’s government has finally bowed to pressure and taken concrete action against the plague of anti-Christian violence.

Because of pressure started by President Donald Trump’s campaign to stop the persecution of Christians, the government of Nigeria finally responded with commensurate force to stop these latest attacks in the Middle Belt from turning into something much worse, likely saving hundreds of Christians’ lives.

In the middle of September, local reporters covering persecution in Nigeria—like Masara Kim with Truth Nigeria—began documenting a massive build-up of Fulani jihadists in central Plateau state, one of the epicenters of persecution against Christians in the country. This was not another routine gathering of dozens of attackers, but nearly a thousand armed fighters amassing in the area, coming from all different regions in Nigeria.

The rationale for this terrorist build-up is murky, but it could have been related to reports that a major Fulani militant leader had just been arrested by local forces, or to general attempts to destabilize the country during a presidential election season. Whatever the reason, it appeared that the largest attack on this community in years would be launched imminently.

For context, the last time a coordinated attack of such magnitude occurred was Christmas Eve 2023, when militias devastated 25 villages, leaving almost 200 Christians dead, with pastors beheaded and churches burned to the ground. Over the following months, more than a thousand were killed as the communities were left to fend for themselves, effectively defenseless.

The suspected attack seemingly being planned for September looked to be even bigger. Bigger also than the Yelewata Massacre of June 2025 in nearby Benue State that killed another 200 Christians.

As someone who has dedicated much of my work to combating persecution in Nigeria—and has visited and worshipped with these same communities—there were nights last week when I thought I would wake up to the news of hundreds of Christians killed.

But what happened instead could be a turning point in the fight against persecution.

The U.S. has been pushing for the Nigerian government to devote more resources to the Middle Belt for the last year. After becoming aware of the rapidly growing Fulani militant presence and recent sporadic firefights in Plateau, American officials began applying intense pressure to the government of Nigeria, which finally responded.

Last week, beginning the evening of Sept. 20, Nigerian forces surged into the Barkin Ladi area in a show of force unlike anything seen before in the Middle Belt, even using air support for the first time and establishing a local curfew. The additional forces were able to beat back the militants in most areas, and they deterred any large-scale attack from occurring.

The U.S. correctly commended Nigeria’s government for stepping up, responding to early warnings, and deploying security that could meet the scale of the attacks from the jihadists.

Not every attack was stopped. We mourn for every single one of those Christians killed last week. The lives lost stand as a testament to the ferocity of attacks that these communities face constantly. It is also terrible that so many of the attackers were able to get away. But still, for the first time, the government of Nigeria began to acknowledge and act to counter the true scale of the problem facing Christians in the Middle Belt.

None of this would have happened if not for President Trump’s attention to the persecution of Christians in Nigeria, particularly since he designated Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) nearly one year ago on Oct. 31, 2025.

Despite initial heavy resistance from the Nigerian government, the U.S. was able to bring Nigerian officials to the table in a Working Group that formed in January and was tasked with stopping the persecution. The initial focus of this engagement was on targeting Islamic State-affiliated groups in the Northeast and Northwest, but within months following successful strikes, the U.S.’s attention turned towards the Middle Belt, where most of the persecution against Christians in Nigeria takes place.

President Trump has a long history of personal concern over the persecution of Christians in Nigeria. He raised the issue directly with the former President of Nigeria in a White House meeting in 2018. He designated Nigeria a CPC in 2020, before President Joe Biden inexplicably removed the designation the following year.

And at the U.N. General Assembly this year, the president went off script to emphasize the point after condemning global governments who ignore the persecution of Christians: “Christians are being persecuted all over the world, it’s not even believable, I never thought I’d say it, but it’s been happening for a long time.”

The president and his administration have now saved hundreds of Christians’ lives in Nigeria in just the past two weeks.

But this fact should not encourage complacency. Without sustained U.S. pressure, Christians in Nigeria will once again be left on their own. And so far, the security force coordination seen in Plateau State has not been implemented elsewhere in the Middle Belt. Nigeria still has radical clerics wanting to dominate Christians, and it still enforces horrible laws that call for the death penalty for blasphemy against Islam.

But if U.S. pressure can continue, and if the government of Nigeria is willing to listen, the momentum from this past week, applied across the Middle Belt, will have real results. And one day, hopefully soon, we will have reports of thousands of Christians saved in Nigeria and able to live out their faith freely.

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Bishop Michael Burbidge is asking Catholics to spend October fasting and praying to defeat two proposed amendments to the Virginia Constitution.

In a video posted Tuesday, Burbidge asked Catholics to observe two weekly disciplines during the month. On Fridays, he asked them to pray the Stations of the Cross and to fast—eating only one full meal and no meat. On Sundays, he asked for the Rosary and a fast from social media for at least a few hours, ideally before and after Mass.

Across the Diocese of Arlington in Northern Virginia, Catholic churches are displaying pop-up banners, distributing pamphlets, and saying prayers at the end of each Mass.

“Our Catholics Vote No campaign is rooted in prayer and fasting,” Burbidge said. He described the amendments as “two radically unjust ballot initiatives now before all Virginia voters.”

“It would be a powerful force if all in the Diocese of Arlington were united in these efforts,” Burbidge said. “We entrust them to the Lord’s amazing grace, so all that is just, right, and true will be done in this election.”

>>> BISHOP MAKES SPECIAL REQUEST OF CATHOLICS BEFORE ELECTION DAY

The appeal reaches a diocese of more than 433,000 Catholics across 70 parishes and 21 counties, and it arrives with ballots already being cast. Early voting in Virginia opened Sept. 18. Election Day is Nov. 3.

Campaign Keeps Growing

Burbidge isn’t alone in Virginia asking congregations to weigh in. On Aug. 21, he and Richmond Bishop Barry Knestout issued a joint letter to Catholics laying out their objections to the ballot questions. They called the abortion amendment “extreme, dangerous, radical and horrific.”

More than 200 Virginia pastors have also signed an open letter urging voters to reject the same two amendments.

“We believe these two amendments must be rejected for the Commonwealth of Virginia because they will harm our state as they are opposed to human flourishing and contrary to the Word of God,” the pastors wrote.

>>> MORE THAN 200 VIRGINIA PASTORS SIGN LETTER OPPOSING CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

An organizer of the pastors’ letter said many of the Protestant churches were planning to mobilize their congregations, similar to how Burbidge requested priests across the Diocese of Arlington read a letter from him at Mass the weekend of Sept. 12-13.

“We must vote no to those questions and say yes to truth,” Burbidge said in his homily at St. Leo the Great Catholic Church in Fairfax that weekend.

Burbidge asked parishioners to pledge to vote at CatholicsVoteNo.com, to vote early, and to talk with family, friends, and colleagues “with a focus on activating and turning out those most likely to vote to protect life and the truth about marriage.”

What’s on the Ballot

The amendments were approved by the Democrat-controlled General Assembly in two consecutive sessions, as Virginia law requires.

Question 1 would amend Virginia’s constitution to expand access to abortion.

Burbidge argued the amendment would create a legal right to “unregulated abortions, performed by unlicensed abortion practitioners at any time during pregnancy” and would allow abortions “targeting healthy babies all the way up to birth.” In his letter, he said the amendment would extend abortion rights to minors and remove parents from decisions affecting their daughters.

“Unfortunately, abortion is already legal in Virginia,” Burbidge noted, arguing the measure “would expand abortion beyond what most citizens recognize as reasonable limits.”

>>> A RARE MOVE BY A VIRGINIA BISHOP AHEAD OF ELECTION DAY

Question 2 would remove the constitution’s 2006 definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman and replace it with language guaranteeing the right of two adults to marry regardless of sex, gender, or race.

Burbidge wrote that the amendment “would also enshrine gender ideology by falsely separating the reality of one’s sex and gender.”

That argument mirrors the case made by the Family Foundation of Virginia. President Victoria Cobb championed the 2006 effort that added the current marriage language to the constitution.

The organization has argued the amendment would enshrine gender ideology in the state constitution and threaten girls’ sports, privacy rights, and religious liberty.

Supporters of the amendments, meanwhile, argue they would protect abortion access and preserve legal recognition of same-sex marriage in Virginia.

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