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Armed men have once again gone on a rampage in Nigeria's Sokoto state, killing 15 people. According to state Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, the armed bandits graduating into terrorists attacked the town of Illela that borders Niger in the early hours of Monday killing 13 people. In another attack on the town of Goronyo 76 km east of the state capital, they killed two others. US bishops elect Rockford priest as new general secretary of episcopal conference In the US, the Catholic prelates who are gathered in Baltimore for the Fall General Assembly have elected Fr Michael JK Fuller as the new general secretary of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Fr Fuller defeated Fr Daniel Hanley, the other candidate. Australia’s lower house to debate revised religious freedoms bill A revamped religious freedoms bill that protects Australians who express their faith-based views will be …More