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130 students and teachers kidnapped from Catholic school in Nigeria released
null / Credit: hyotographics/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 23, 2025 / 15:25 pm (CNA). Nigerian authorities have confirmed that 130…
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Syrian bishop kidnapped by ISIS in 2015 explains challenges facing the Church in his country
The archbishop of Homs for the Syriac Catholics, Jacques Mourad, speaks with ACI MENA, CNA’s Arabic-language news partner, about the…
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Catholic priest appeals for prayers for evangelical missionary kidnapped in Niger
null / Credit: Blue Mist Film Studios/Shutterstock ACI Africa, Oct 24, 2025 / 12:32 pm (CNA). A Catholic priest in…
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Catholic News - Americas
Lay missionary and 3-year-old boy kidnapped from orphanage in Haiti
An aerial view of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. / Credit: arindambanerjee/Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 7, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA). On…
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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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Appeal for ‘fervent prayers’ issued for religious sisters kidnapped in southeastern Nigeria
An African nun prays the rosary. On Jan. 7, 2025, two religious sisters were kidnapped in the Archdiocese of Onitsha…
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Seminary rector kidnapped during evening prayers at Nigerian minor seminary
Father Thomas Oyode, the rector of the Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary of Nigeria’s Diocese of Auchi, was abducted on Sunday,…
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Over 70 Christians killed, 20 medical students kidnapped in recent Nigeria violence
Terrorist attacks in Benue State, Nigeria, have forced residents to flee their villages and, in some cases, seek shelter in…
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Catechist kidnapped and murdered in Burkina Faso, West Africa
null / Credit: Peter Hermes Furian via Shutterstock ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 19, 2024 / 15:00 pm (CNA). The pontifical…
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Two missionary priests who were kidnapped in Nigeria released
Father Jude Nwachukwu (left) and Father Kenneth Kanwa were kidnapped from their parish rectory in the Diocese of Pankshin in…
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