Forty Catholic priests, seminarians and lay people killed in 2018, says Agenzia Fides
Some 40 Catholic priests, seminarians and lay people were killed during 2018, almost double the previous years total, according to figures collated by Agenzia Fides. The Catholic news agency data shows 35 of those killed were priests, one was a seminarian and four were lay people. Africa, where 21 were killed, supplanted the Americas, where […]
Almost 30 Catholic pastoral care workers killed in 2016
Some 28 Roman Catholic “pastoral care workers” – a term which includes priests, religious women, seminarians, and laity – were killed in 2016 with more than a third of them based in the Americas, according to the Catholic news agency Agenzia Fides. The organisation reports that 12 pastoral care workers were killed in the Americas […]