“Nigerian Pietà:” Reactions trail photo of a widowed mother holding the lifeless body of her son, shot by suspected Fulani Islamist militants in Jos

A Catholic priest has likened the photo of a Jos mother, who was inconsolably holding the lifeless body of her young man, Mr. Promise, a victim of the recent sporadic gunfire by suspected Fulani Islamist militants, to Michelangelo Buonarroti’s 1498 Pietà, which depicts Our Lady holding the lifeless body of Jesus.

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Pope Leo Describes Maronite Priest Killed in Southern Lebanon as “A True Shepherd…”

Following the tragic death of a Maronite priest, Father Pierre El-Rahi, who was killed by an Israeli tank in Qlayaa, South Lebanon, on 9 March 2026, in a joint US-Israel ongoing onslaught against Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon, the Holy Father has eulogised the martyred cleric, comparing his heroic sacrifice to that of Jesus.

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