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Catholic News - Americas
At least 9 priests abducted by Nicaraguan dictatorship in last 2 weeks
Friar Silvio Romero from the Diocese of Juigalpa and Father Frutos Constantino Valle Salmerón from the Diocese of Estelí are…
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Catholic News - Pope
Prominent priest reportedly abducted by dictatorship in Nicaragua
Last year, the Holy See appointed Father Valle as executor ad omnia of the Diocese of Estelí, allowing him to…
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Catholic News - General
Abducted Haitian nuns released amid ongoing gang violence
People walk by the entrance of the Congregation of Sisters of St. Anne in Port-au-Prince, Jan. 22, 2024. Eight people,…
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Catholic News - Pope
UN calls on Nicaragua to disclose where it is holding abducted Bishop Isidoro Mora
Bishop Isidoro del Carmen Mora Ortega of Siuna, Nicaragua. / Credit: Diocese of Siuna Facebook ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 8,…
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Parish priest in Nigeria abducted while answering sick call
Nigerian priest Father Kingsley Eze was kidnapped Nov. 30, 2023, traveling to a sick call. / Credit: Catholic Diocese of…
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Catholic News - General
German missionary priest released a year after being abducted in Mali
Father Hans-Joachim Lohre, a German priest who was reportedly kidnapped in November 2022 in Mali, was freed Nov. 26, 2023.…
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Religious congregation grateful after release of abducted nuns, seminarian in Nigeria
Three nuns, a seminarian, and the driver of the vehicle they were in were abducted in Nigeria’s Imo State on…
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Abducted priest in Nigeria released, diocese ‘grateful’
Father Marcellinus Obioma Okide was reportedly abducted from Nigeria’s Enugu Diocese on Sept. 17, 2023. / Credit: Enugu Diocese ACI…
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‘We came back stronger’: Priest, seminarian abducted in Nigeria recall three-week ordeal
Father Paul Sanogo (left) and seminarian Melchior Maharini, who were kidnapped from their community of Missionaries of Africa in Nigeria’s…
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Catholic News - General
Dictatorship in Nicaragua confiscates convent of sisters it abducted and expelled
The Sisters of the Fraternity of the Poor Ones of Jesus Christ / Facebook Fraternidade O Caminho ACI Prensa Staff,…
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