Crux Now Exclusive: Bishop Kukah wants to see the arc of justice bend toward Africa

Crux Now Exclusive: Bishop Kukah wants to see the arc of justice bend toward Africa

Pope Leo XIV has reappointed the outspoken Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto diocese in Nigeria to a five-year term on the Vatican Dicastery for Integral Human Development, the influential Vatican department dedicated to the promotion of Catholic social teaching. Kukah, whose diocese in predominantly Muslim northern Nigeria is among the most seriously affected by violence related to herder-allied armed groups, vigilantes and criminal groups,…