{"id":70346,"date":"2026-01-10T15:25:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T15:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=70346"},"modified":"2026-01-10T15:25:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T15:25:50","slug":"archbishop-says-nigeria-could-be-saddest-nation-in-the-world-reflects-on-better-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/archbishop-says-nigeria-could-be-saddest-nation-in-the-world-reflects-on-better-days\/","title":{"rendered":"L'arcivescovo afferma che la Nigeria potrebbe essere la \u201cnazione pi\u00f9 triste del mondo\u201d e riflette su giorni migliori"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of the Abuja Archdiocese at St. Luke\u2019s Parish, Kubwa, during a confirmation Mass. \/ Credit: Photos courtesy of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja ACI Africa, Nov 25, 2025 \/ 16:01 pm (CNA). Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of Nigeria\u2019s Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja has reminisced about the days when the West African country was ranked the happiest place on earth and expressed sorrow that the situation is no longer the same today.In fact, according to the Abuja\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\/it\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of Nigeria\u2019s Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja has reminisced about the days when the West African country was ranked the happiest place on earth and expressed sorrow that the situation is no longer the same today.In fact, according to the Abuja\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":74711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-70346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":102829,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/pope-leo-xiv-gives-assent-to-election-of-new-archbishop-of-maronite-archeparchy-of-damascus\/","url_meta":{"origin":70346,"position":0},"title":"Pope Leo XIV gives assent to election of new archbishop of Maronite Archeparchy of Damascus","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"Agosto 28, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Pope Leo XIV has granted his assent to the election of Chorbishop Sharbel Maroun as archbishop of the Maronite Archeparchy of Damascus by the Synod of Bishops of the Patriarchal Church of Antioch of the Maronites. 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