Religious Sister held hostage in Mali still in captivity 4 years on. vaticannews.va

Time passes, relentlessly and with cruelty: 4 years and 5 months ago, Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez, a Colombian religious sister from the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate, fell into the hands of jihadists in Mali.

Group to Support Islam and Muslims
The shadowy Group to Support Islam and Muslims (GSIM) in the Sahel, affiliated with Al-Qaeda, claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of Sr Gloria on the 1 July 2017. They posted a video on the internet showing Sr Gloria being held captive in the desert of northern Mali. They are the same kidnappers who held hostage Father Gigi Maccalli, released after two years of imprisonment in 2020…

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