Rome: Italian priest Pier Luigi Maccalli, who was kidnapped in Niger, West Africa, two years ago, was freed on October 8. Maccalli is a priest of the Society of African Missions (SMA), an international religious congregation of men. “We have learned the news of the liberation of our brother, Maccalli,”Continue Reading
Delta: A Catholic priest in Nigeria has been abducted by gunmen two years after undergoing the same ordeal. On September 26 evening, Father Jude Onyebadi was kidnapped from his pineapple farm in the Aniocha North area of Delta State, located in southern Nigeria. The priest had been visiting the farm,Continue Reading
Meanwhile, the Marxist party in Kerala has sent 50,000 post cards to the prime ministerContinue Reading
By: Santosh Digal Bhubaneswar: Even after ten months, there is no “trace” of Indian priest who was abducted last March in Yemen. “Unfortunately, I do not have any information about Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil. I live in Lebanon and I have no contact with the missionaries in Aden,” Father Khalil AlwanContinue Reading
The vigil marked a month of the priest’s abductionContinue Reading
A Congress leader accused the government of doing nothing to rescue the priestContinue Reading