Nigeria: fourth priest abducted in five months zenit.org
Extremists kidnapped another Catholic priest in Nigeria on Wednesday morning (15th May) – bringing the number of clerics kidnapped in the country this year to four. The gunmen who captured Father Basil Gbuzuo have not contacted the Church, according to a statement by Onitsha Archdiocese sent to Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). Father Prudentius Aroh, Chancellor of Onitsha Archdiocese wrote that Archbishop Valerian Maduka Okeke of Onitsha was inviting “all Christ’s faithful and all men and women of goodwill to earnestly pray for the quick and safe release of the priest as we intensify our efforts to ensure his freedom”. Father Aroh added: “We commend our brother [Father Gbuzuo] to the powerful intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Priests, for his speedy release from the hands of his kidnappers.”…
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