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Priests abducted in Cameroon last month plead for release in new video

October 19, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Five priests, a nun, and three lay people were abducted Sept. 16, 2022, after gunmen attacked their parish in Mamfe Diocese, Cameroon. / Credit: Mamfe Diocese

ACI Africa, Oct 19, 2022 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
A video has emerged on social media that s… […]

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Pope Francis appeals for the release of kidnapped Catholics in Cameroon

September 25, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Pope Francis speaks in his Angelus address after Mass in Matera, Italy on Sept. 25, 2022. / Vatican Media

Rome Newsroom, Sep 25, 2022 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has appealed for the release of nine Catholics kidnapped in southwest Cameroon…. […]

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Catholic church burned, priests and religious sister kidnapped in war-torn Cameroon

September 18, 2022 Catholic News Agency 6

Displaced people fleeing the war in Cameroon / Public Domain

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 18, 2022 / 13:10 pm (CNA).
Gunmen set a Catholic church on fire and kidnapped five priests, one religious sister and two lay people in western Cameroon,… […]

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