{"id":36582,"date":"2025-05-12T12:20:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T12:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/learn\/7-franciscan-capuchins-in-nigeria-die-in-car-accident-leadership-appeals-for-prayer\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T12:20:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T12:20:47","slug":"7-franciscan-capuchins-in-nigeria-die-in-car-accident-leadership-appeals-for-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/7-franciscan-capuchins-in-nigeria-die-in-car-accident-leadership-appeals-for-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"7 franciscanos capuchinos mueren en Nigeria en un accidente automovil\u00edstico, los l\u00edderes piden oraci\u00f3n"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>[ad_1] Seven members of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin in Nigeria\u2019s Enugu state died May 3, 2025, a result of a car accident. Six others sustained injuries and are being treated. \/ Credit: ACI Africa ACI Africa, May 10, 2025 \/ 09:00 am (CNA). Members of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (OFM Cap) in Nigeria are appealing for prayers following a car accident that claimed the lives of seven of their brothers and left several others injured.In a\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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Members of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (OFM Cap) in Nigeria are appealing for prayers following a car accident that claimed the lives of seven of their brothers and left several others injured.In a\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-36582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25510,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/catholic-priest-in-nigeria-murdered-by-unidentified-assailants\/","url_meta":{"origin":36582,"position":0},"title":"Catholic priest in Nigeria murdered by \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcunidentified assailants\u2019","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"enero 3, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"[ad_1] Father Tobias Chukwujekwu Okonkwo was manager of the respective schools of nursing, midwifery, and medical laboratory at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Ihiala in Nigeria. 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