Mother of girl kidnapped by Boko Haram asks PM to help get her daughter released

The mother of a girl kidnapped by Boko Haram has issued a plea to the Prime Minister to help rescue her daughter. On 19th February 2018, Leah Sharibu was taken from her school in Dapchi, north-eastern Nigeria, along with 109 of her classmates. Now aged 16, Leah is thought to be the only one of... Read More

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January 31, 2019

Pope meets with family of kidnapped Italian Jesuit

Pope Francis met with family members of Italian Jesuit Fr Paolo Dall’Oglio, whose fate is still unknown after he was kidnapped in Syria in 2013. Alessandro Gisotti, interim director of the Vatican press office, told reporters on 30th January that the pope held the private audience at his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae. The meeting... Read More

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November 7, 2018

More bones found at Vatican embassy

More bones have been found on the grounds of the Vatican embassy in Italy, adding grisly new evidence to the growing mystery over who was buried on Holy See territory and why. As police returned to the compound on Tuesday, coroner Giovanni Arcudi said preliminary examinations of bones found last week indicated they belonged to... Read More

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November 1, 2018

Human bones discovered at Vatican nunciature in Italy

The Vatican press office confirmed news reports that human bones had been found during reconstruction work in a building connected to the Vatican Embassy to Italy. Italian media immediately surmised that the bones could be those of Emanuela Orlandi, the daughter of a Vatican employee who presumably was kidnapped in 1983 at the age of... Read More

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March 7, 2018

Bishop asks federal government to work for rescue of kidnapped girls

Bishop Hilary Dachelem of Bauchi has appealed to the Nigerian government and security agencies to work for the rescue of the 110 schoolgirls kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram insurgents in February. The bishop said the government should not play partisan politics with the issue but bring smiles to the faces of the parents of the... Read More

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September 19, 2017

Philippine priest, kidnapped in May, freed

A senior Philippine priest taken hostage by Daesh-inspired militants in the southern city of Marawi has been freed after almost four months of captivity. Fr Teresito Soganub, vicar general of the Prelature of Marawi, told a news conference in Manila that he was doing as well as could be expected following his ordeal, reported ucanews.com.... Read More

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July 19, 2017

Two priests kidnapped in Congo’s troubled North Kivu province

Armed men kidnapped two Catholic priests in the troubled North Kivu province. Congo’s bishops have asked security agencies to try to rescue the priests, who served at Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church in Bunyuka. Sgt. Philip Longwa, a police officer in Beni, said gunmen attacked the parish compound about 10pm on 16th July. Longwa... Read More

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