The Vatican last Monday voiced its pain and sense of horror at
two attacks on churches in Nigeria claimed by Islamist group Boko Haram, saying
it hoped the government could confront the crisis.
“We again express our pain and sense of horror at this
regularity that now means that every Sunday places of worship are hit by a
series of attacks,” Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said at a press conference.
The Vatican hopes that the authorities will be able to
confront a situation that appears to be continuing without any improvement, he
said
Sunday`s attack against three churches killed a dozen people
and left a hundred wounded.
In an msn interview with the Vatican insider website, the
archbishop of Abuja John Onaiyekan said the state was absent and condemned the daily
Calvary faced by Nigerian Christians targeted by Boko Haram.
The authorities are not defending our faithful. Boko Haram
says it wants to put in place sharia law but religion is only a pretext for economic
and political interest, adding this was not a religious conflict.
Nigeria is our home. We will not flee, he added.