Seven years later, still no trace of Jesuit priest kidnapped in Syria
Vatican CityRNS Seven years after the disappearance of an Italian Jesuit priest in Syria, family members and Vatican officials address his legacy and demand the truth about what happened to the thousands who vanished in the war-torn Middle Eastern country. “My appeal is not to forget about Syria,” said Immacolata Dall’Oglio, sister of Rev Paolo […]
KIDNAPPED
Imagine your group of friends go on a world trip. You’re having a great time but in an unscheduled stopover you are kidnapped. Freed!. PICTURE: Junior Moran/Unsplash The terrorists want $10 million, but there is no hope. No-one is negotiating with terrorists, and your families can’t pay. Stuck in a cave in a backward corner […]
Last two kidnapped boys released in Cameroon
The last two schoolboys of the 79 kidnapped from a school in west Cameroon still being held by their captors were released on Monday along with the school’s principal and a staff member, according to reports. The BBC reports that the final four hostages were dropped off at a town about 24 kilometres from their […]
Kidnapped schoolgirl Leah Sharibu appeals for rescue in audio recording, say reports
Morning Star News In an audio recording revealed this week, kidnapped Christian schoolgirl Leah Sharibu appeals to the government of Nigeria to win her release from Islamic extremist group Boko Haram, according to several published sources. Boko Haram released more than 100 schoolgirls about four weeks after kidnapping them on 19th February but held Leah, […]
US missionary, captive for 20 months, is alive, reports Niger’s president
World Watch Monitor A US missionary kidnapped in Niger in October, 2016 is alive, according to the West African nation’s president. Jeff Woodke, who worked for Jeunesse en Mission Entraide et Developpement (JEMED), a branch of the US-based Youth With a Mission, was abducted by unknown assailants late in the evening of Friday, 14th October, […]
Nigerian president assures UK archbishop of efforts to secure release of Christian girl
World Watch Monitor Following a meeting with the Archbishop of Canterbury, the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, has said his government is working “quietly” to secure the release of a teenage Christian girl kidnapped by Boko Haram. Archbishop Justin Welby, as well as Secretary General of the Anglican Communion, Nigerian Archbishop Dr Josiah Idowu-Fearon, met Mr Buhari at […]
Church relieved as Yemen confirms kidnapped Indian priest is ‘alive’
World Watch Monitor The church in India, especially in the southern state of Kerala, is breathing a sign of relief after Yemen confirmed to India’s foreign minister that Catholic missionary Fr Tom Uzhunnalil, kidnapped in Yemen in March 2016, is “alive”. “We are thrilled to hear that good news,” Cardinal George Alencherry, Major Archbishop of […]
Priest kidnapped in Yemen appeals for help in new video
World Watch Monitor A Catholic priest held captive for 14 months after being abducted in Yemen has appeared in a new video in which he pleads for the international community to secure his release. Fr Tom Uzhunnalil, a Salesian priest who was taken captive in a raid on a care home in the Yemeni capital […]