Few Catholics outside Nigeria will be familiar with the Diocese of Ahiara. But it has probably caused more heartache for the Pope than any other in the world today. He recently became so frustrated that he decided to abolish the diocese. But then he felt a pang of conscience. “I thought that the Church is a mother and cannot abandon her many children,” he told a delegation from Ahiara diocese. He opted instead to give priests an ultimatum: they must profess their obedience to him and their bishop by July 9 or face suspension.