On "EWTN News Nightly" tonight: Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are facing a looming deadline to keep the government open. Money runs out on Friday and the possibility of another temporary funding bill is growing. Meanwhile, the 3 day US-Africa Leaders Summit officially begins tomorrow. It is the biggest global gathering in Washington DC since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and there are a lot of points to discuss, including attacks on religious freedom. New details are emerging about the Nigerian military and a secret mass abortion program. The report comes as Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari attends the US-Africa Leaders Summit. Dede Laugesen from Save the Persecuted Christians, joins to discuss why the Nigerian military is forcing women to have abortions. The Italian Embassy to the Holy See is set to host a meeting on the war in Ukraine. The meeting is organized with Vatican Media and the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin will also take part. EWTN Vatican Bureau Chief, Andreas Thonhauser, joins to tell us more about the meeting set for Tuesday. Finally this evening, hundreds of thousands of pilgrims in the US made their way to Our Lady of Guadalupe's shrine in Des Plaines, Illinois. The annual crusade is now the largest gathering of Roman Catholic pilgrims in the United States. Fellow pilgrim, Fernando Gomez, joins to share what this massive pilgrimage is like.

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