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Catholic News - General
St. Patrick’s hidden years in captivity explored in new EWTN docudrama
A new EWTN docudrama called “Saint Patrick: The Hidden Years,” set to air globally on St Patrick’s Day, is the…
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2 Nigerian minor seminarians released months after kidnapping, 1 killed in captivity
On Nov. 4, 2025, the Catholic Diocese of Auchi in Nigeria announced the release of two seminarians who were abducted…
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Nigerian priest released from captivity after being kidnapped by Boko Haram
Father Alphonsus Afina. / Credit: Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Fairbanks CNA Staff, Jul 22, 2025 / 14:16 pm…
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Catholic deacon shares ordeal of spending decade of captivity in Syria prison
Deacon Johnny Al-Daoud celebrates his release from captivity in Syria on March 2, 2025, with family and friends. / Credit:…
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Abducted seminarian murdered in Nigeria; priest released after 10 days in captivity
Andrew Peter (left), a seminarian, and Father Philip Ekweli (right) were abducted March 3, 2025, from a parish rectory in…
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Rector of minor seminary in Nigeria released after 10-day captivity
Father Thomas Oyode, the rector of the Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary in Nigeria’s Diocese of Auchi was abducted on Oct.…
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Hostages taken in Hamas terror attack approach 100th day in captivity
People attend a rally for the release of the hostages kidnapped by Hamas at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza near the U.N.…
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‘Spiritually transformative’: Nun recalls Mali captivity in new religious freedom report
Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez Argoti, a missionary who was abducted in Mali in February 2017 and held for nearly five…
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Catholic priest in Nigeria freed on Pentecost Sunday after three days in captivity
Father Matthias Opara was freed May 28, 2023, after spending three days in captivity in Nigeria’s Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri.…
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New Syrian Catholic archbishop tells how he survived captivity by Islamic State
Syrian archbishop-elect Father Jacques Mourad. / Credit: ACN ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 23, 2023 / 16:15 pm (CNA). A Syrian…
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