{
  "id": 1074394,
  "title": "Prayers will crush Boko Haram, Borno Catholic bishop says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/prayers-will-crush-boko-haram-borno-catholic-bishop-says",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-15T16:36:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/prayers-will-crush-boko-haram-borno-catholic-bishop-says/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Catholic Bishop of Maiduguri Diocese, Most Rev. Oliver Dashe, has called on Christians to intensify their prayers to combat Boko Haram. According to Punch Nigeria, he believes that prayers will ultimately crush the group.\n\nBishop Dashe's comments were reported by Punch Nigeria. There is no further information on his statement.\n\nThe reports also mention a separate story about a Catholic bishop in Australia, Christopher Saunders, who has been found guilty of sexually abusing young men. However, this story is unrelated to Bishop Dashe's comments on Boko Haram.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "How a predatory Catholic bishop was finally undone",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/how-a-predatory-catholic-bishop-was-finally-undone",
        "published": "2026-08-14T21:12:09.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "Prayers will crush Boko Haram, Borno Catholic bishop says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/prayers-will-crush-boko-haram-borno-catholic-bishop-says-1078124",
        "published": "2026-08-15T16:56:59.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}