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ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 3, 2024 / 10:00 am (CNA).
“We are destroying ourselves little by little,” the Primatial Archdiocese of Mexico said in condemnation of the recent kidnapping and murder of an 8-year-old girl, Camila… […]
Pope Francis presides over Mass for the Sunday of the Word of God in St. Peter’s Basilica on Jan. 21, 2024. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA
Rome Newsroom, Jan 21, 2024 / 11:05 am (CNA).
Pope Francis called for the release of six religious sisters who have … […]
Bishop Isidoro del Carmen Mora Ortega of Siuna, Nicaragua. / Credit: Diocese of Siuna Facebook
ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 8, 2024 / 17:20 pm (CNA).
The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has called on the Nicarag… […]
Nigerian priest Father Kingsley Eze was kidnapped Nov. 30, 2023, traveling to a sick call. / Credit: Catholic Diocese of Okigwe
ACI Africa, Dec 5, 2023 / 13:06 pm (CNA).
A priest from the Diocese of Okigwe in Nigeria was kidnapped Nov. 30 while… […]
Luis Manuel Díaz, father of soccer player Luis Díaz (center), along with Francisco Ceballos, bishop of Riohacha (right), and Monsignor Héctor Henao, delegate for Church-state relations, who formed the humanitarian commission in charge of facilitating Díaz’s release. / Credit: Episcopal Conference of Colombia
ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 9, 2023 / 18:00 pm (CNA).
The Colombian Bishops’ Conference thanked God for the release of Luis Manuel Díaz, father of soccer player Luis Díaz, who was held captive for nearly two weeks by the rebel group the National Liberation Army (ELN).
“We thank God for the release of Mr. Luis Díaz! Already with him are Francisco Ceballos, bishop of Riohacha, and Monsignor Héctor Henao, delegate for Church-state relations, who formed the humanitarian commission in charge of facilitating his release,” the conference said in a post on X on Nov. 9.
The father of the soccer star, who plays for the English Liverpool team, had been kidnapped along with his wife, Cilenis Marulanda, by the guerrillas in the town of Barrancas, in La Guajira Department. Cilenis Marulanda was released by the kidnappers during the search that the authorities launched upon learning of the abduction.
The Colombian bishops shared two photos showing Díaz’s father accompanied by Henao and Ceballos.
According to Semana magazine, investigations indicate that the kidnapping was planned for at least five months.
The kidnapping ignited controversy especially because it took place during the bilateral cease-fire agreed upon between the government and the guerrillas — which began on Aug. 3 — as part of the talks aimed at reaching a peace agreement.
On Nov. 3, the Colombian Bishops’ Conference issued a statement condemning any kind of kidnapping and called for the release of Luis Manuel Díaz. The bishops offered their willingness to “collaborate in whatever is necessary so that there is not a single human being experiencing the harsh conditions of kidnapping.”
This story was first published by ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner. It has been translated and adapted by CNA.
Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez Argoti, a missionary who was abducted in Mali in February 2017 and held for nearly five years. / Credit: ACN
ACI Africa, Jun 28, 2023 / 10:00 am (CNA).
Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez Argoti, a missionary who was abd… […]
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Boston, Mass., Nov 10, 2022 / 10:00 am (CNA).
Parents and guardians of Catholic school students in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico, are being targeted with a “kidnapping scam,” the archdiocese said Wednesday…. […]
Formerly detained Father Oliver Opara (left) with Ummi Hassan; Bishop Matthew Kukah of the Diocese of Sokoto (not an abductee); Father Stephen Ojapah; and Hassan Fareed Hassan after the four were released from being held captive by terrorists. /… […]
Father John Mark Cheitnum, left, and Father Denatus Cleopas, right. / Photos courtesy of Archdiocese of Kaduna.
Rome Newsroom, Jul 16, 2022 / 05:45 am (CNA).
The Nigerian diocese of Kafanchan has asked for prayers after two Catholic priests wer… […]
Father Stephen Ojapah and Father Oliver Okpara, who were abducted in Nigeria’s Sokoto diocese on May 25, 2022. / Father Chris Omotosho.
Rome Newsroom, May 26, 2022 / 06:00 am (CNA).
Gunmen attacked a Catholic rectory and kidnapped two priests i… […]
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