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Speaking in St Peter’s Square on Sunday, the Pope said he had “learned with immense sadness the news of the kidnappings of priests, faithful, and students”.
Pope Leo XIV called for the immediate release of students and priests kidnapped in recent days in Nigeria and Cameroon. Reports indicate that 315 students and teachers were abducted on Friday at the St Mary High School in Nigeria’s Niger state.
Meanwhile, six Catholic priests were kidnapped from the Archdiocese of Bamenda in Cameroon, and a Baptist pastor was abducted in the same region. Speaking in St Peter’s Square on Sunday, the Pope said he had “learned with immense sadness the news of the kidnappings of priests, faithful, and students”.
He appealed for their immediate release, calling on the “the competent authorities to take appropriate and timely decisions to secure their liberation”. The Christian Association of Nigeria says about 50 children kidnapped from the Catholic school have since escaped and have been reunited with their parents. Friday’s abduction was the latest in a wave of attacks by armed groups targeting vulnerable civilian populations.
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