{"id":50047,"date":"2025-06-17T10:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T08:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/?p=50047"},"modified":"2025-06-17T10:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T08:46:08","slug":"200-christians-massacred-by-jihadists-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/en\/actualidad\/200-cristianos-masacrados-por-yihadistas-en-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"200 Christians massacred by jihadists in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new tragedy shook the Christian community in Nigeria on the night of June 13-14. At least 200 Christians were brutally murdered by a jihadist group in the town of Yelewata, in the state of <a href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Estado_de_Benue\">Benue<\/a>in the center of the country. The victims were sheltering in a displaced persons center run by a Catholic mission, having previously fled violence from extremist groups such as Boko Haram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to witnesses, the radicals burst in at night rampaging through the center with unbridled violence. \"They were asleep, many were children and women,\" stated a local volunteer who managed to escape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This attack is not an isolated event. In the last two months, hundreds of Christians have lost their lives in similar actions in different parts of the country. In Benue State itself, at least 500 Christians have been killed in the last five years, amid a rising tide of religious and ethnic violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">International silence and the Pope's reaction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christian leaders have condemned the massacre and demanded urgent measures from the Nigerian authorities to protect the civilian population. Meanwhile, international silence continues to be an open wound for the victims and their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the Angelus prayer on June 15, Pope Benedict XVI said the following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/en\/news\/biographical-profile-of-the-pope\/\">Leo XIV<\/a> launched a strong message against the growing wave of violence in the world, with special attention to the attacks suffered by Christian communities. Before thousands of faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square, the Pontiff expressed his deep sorrow for the massacre \"\"An \"atrocious massacre has taken place, with the violent death of some two hundred people, mostly internally displaced persons welcomed by the local Church,\" the Pope lamented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also asked for prayers for stability and reconciliation in Nigeria, \"a beloved country hit by multiple forms of violence\", and in particular for the rural Christian communities of Benue, \"constant victims of cruel attacks\".<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Una nueva tragedia sacudi\u00f3 a la comunidad cristiana de Nigeria la noche del 13 y el 14 de junio. Al menos 200 cristianos fueron brutalmente asesinados por un grupo yihadista en la localidad de Yelewata, en el estado de Benue, al centro del pa\u00eds. Las v\u00edctimas se encontraban refugiadas en un centro de desplazados gestionado [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1166,"featured_media":50060,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[36,46],"tags":[1816,706],"class_list":["post-50047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualidad","category-mundo","tag-cristianofobia","tag-cristianos-perseguidos"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>200 cristianos masacrados por yihadistas en Nigeria - Omnes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"200 cristianos fueron masacrados por yihadistas en un centro de desplazados en Nigeria. El Papa Le\u00f3n XIV ha denunciado la tragedia.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/en\/news\/200-christians-massacred-by-jihadists-in-nigeria\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"200 cristianos masacrados por yihadistas en Nigeria - Omnes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"200 cristianos fueron masacrados por yihadistas en un centro de desplazados en Nigeria. El Papa Le\u00f3n XIV ha denunciado la tragedia.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/en\/news\/200-christians-massacred-by-jihadists-in-nigeria\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Omnes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-17T08:46:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-11-1.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"526\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Javier Garc\u00eda Herrer\u00eda\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Javier Garc\u00eda Herrer\u00eda\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/actualidad\\\/200-cristianos-masacrados-por-yihadistas-en-nigeria\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/actualidad\\\/200-cristianos-masacrados-por-yihadistas-en-nigeria\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Javier Garc\u00eda Herrer\u00eda\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d06977a4ce610835975242d192c0427e\"},\"headline\":\"200 cristianos masacrados por yihadistas en Nigeria\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-17T08:46:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/actualidad\\\/200-cristianos-masacrados-por-yihadistas-en-nigeria\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":346,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/actualidad\\\/200-cristianos-masacrados-por-yihadistas-en-nigeria\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/image-11-1.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"Cristianofobia\",\"Cristianos perseguidos\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Actualidad\",\"Mundo\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"WebPage\",\"ItemPage\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/actualidad\\\/200-cristianos-masacrados-por-yihadistas-en-nigeria\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/actualidad\\\/200-cristianos-masacrados-por-yihadistas-en-nigeria\\\/\",\"name\":\"200 cristianos masacrados por yihadistas en Nigeria - Omnes\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/actualidad\\\/200-cristianos-masacrados-por-yihadistas-en-nigeria\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/actualidad\\\/200-cristianos-masacrados-por-yihadistas-en-nigeria\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/image-11-1.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-17T08:46:08+00:00\",\"description\":\"200 cristianos fueron masacrados por yihadistas en un centro de desplazados en Nigeria. El Papa Le\u00f3n XIV ha denunciado la tragedia.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/actualidad\\\/200-cristianos-masacrados-por-yihadistas-en-nigeria\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/actualidad\\\/200-cristianos-masacrados-por-yihadistas-en-nigeria\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/actualidad\\\/200-cristianos-masacrados-por-yihadistas-en-nigeria\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/image-11-1.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/image-11-1.webp\",\"width\":920,\"height\":526,\"caption\":\"masacrados Nigeria\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/actualidad\\\/200-cristianos-masacrados-por-yihadistas-en-nigeria\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Portada\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"200 cristianos masacrados por yihadistas en Nigeria\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Omnes\",\"description\":\"Informaci\u00f3n de la Iglesia y la sociedad\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Omnes\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Omnes\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/logo_omnes_negro.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/logo_omnes_negro.png\",\"width\":15524,\"height\":3000,\"caption\":\"Omnes\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d06977a4ce610835975242d192c0427e\",\"name\":\"Javier Garc\u00eda Herrer\u00eda\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/JAVIER_GH-3-copia-100x100.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/JAVIER_GH-3-copia-100x100.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/JAVIER_GH-3-copia-100x100.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Javier Garc\u00eda Herrer\u00eda\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.omnesmag.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/javiergarcia\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"200 Christians massacred by jihadists in Nigeria - Omnes","description":"200 Christians were massacred by jihadists in a center for displaced persons in Nigeria. Pope Leo XIV has denounced the tragedy.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/en\/news\/200-christians-massacred-by-jihadists-in-nigeria\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"200 cristianos masacrados por yihadistas en Nigeria - Omnes","og_description":"200 cristianos fueron masacrados por yihadistas en un centro de desplazados en Nigeria. El Papa Le\u00f3n XIV ha denunciado la tragedia.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/en\/news\/200-christians-massacred-by-jihadists-in-nigeria\/","og_site_name":"Omnes","article_published_time":"2025-06-17T08:46:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":920,"height":526,"url":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-11-1.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Javier Garc\u00eda Herrer\u00eda","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Javier Garc\u00eda Herrer\u00eda","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/actualidad\/200-cristianos-masacrados-por-yihadistas-en-nigeria\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/actualidad\/200-cristianos-masacrados-por-yihadistas-en-nigeria\/"},"author":{"name":"Javier Garc\u00eda Herrer\u00eda","@id":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d06977a4ce610835975242d192c0427e"},"headline":"200 cristianos masacrados por yihadistas en Nigeria","datePublished":"2025-06-17T08:46:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/actualidad\/200-cristianos-masacrados-por-yihadistas-en-nigeria\/"},"wordCount":346,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/actualidad\/200-cristianos-masacrados-por-yihadistas-en-nigeria\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-11-1.webp","keywords":["Cristianofobia","Cristianos perseguidos"],"articleSection":["Actualidad","Mundo"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["WebPage","ItemPage"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/actualidad\/200-cristianos-masacrados-por-yihadistas-en-nigeria\/","url":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/actualidad\/200-cristianos-masacrados-por-yihadistas-en-nigeria\/","name":"200 Christians massacred by jihadists in Nigeria - Omnes","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/actualidad\/200-cristianos-masacrados-por-yihadistas-en-nigeria\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/actualidad\/200-cristianos-masacrados-por-yihadistas-en-nigeria\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-11-1.webp","datePublished":"2025-06-17T08:46:08+00:00","description":"200 Christians were massacred by jihadists in a center for displaced persons in Nigeria. Pope Leo XIV has denounced the tragedy.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/actualidad\/200-cristianos-masacrados-por-yihadistas-en-nigeria\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/actualidad\/200-cristianos-masacrados-por-yihadistas-en-nigeria\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/actualidad\/200-cristianos-masacrados-por-yihadistas-en-nigeria\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-11-1.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-11-1.webp","width":920,"height":526,"caption":"masacrados Nigeria"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/actualidad\/200-cristianos-masacrados-por-yihadistas-en-nigeria\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Portada","item":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"200 cristianos masacrados por yihadistas en Nigeria"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/","name":"Omnes","description":"Information on the Church and Society","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Omnes","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/#organization","name":"Omnes","url":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/logo_omnes_negro.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/logo_omnes_negro.png","width":15524,"height":3000,"caption":"Omnes"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d06977a4ce610835975242d192c0427e","name":"Javier Garc\u00eda Herrer\u00eda","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/JAVIER_GH-3-copia-100x100.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/JAVIER_GH-3-copia-100x100.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/JAVIER_GH-3-copia-100x100.jpg","caption":"Javier Garc\u00eda Herrer\u00eda"},"url":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/en\/author\/javiergarcia\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1166"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50047"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50059,"href":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50047\/revisions\/50059"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}