Pope Leo XVI has known as for the instant launch of clergymen, college students and different victims kidnapped in Nigeria and Cameroon amid a surge of kidnappings in each international locations.
In a message on X (previously Twitter) on Sunday, the pontiff described the state of affairs as “a supply of nice ache,” notably for the younger women and men taken and the households enduring the misery of their abduction.
“I used to be deeply saddened to be taught of the kidnapping of clergymen, devoted, and college students in Nigeria and Cameroon. I really feel nice ache, above all for the various younger women and men who’ve been kidnapped and for his or her distressed households,” he mentioned.
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He urged authorities to take well timed and efficient motion to safe the protected launch of all hostages and to revive security and hope within the affected communities.
“Allow us to #PrayTogether for these brothers and sisters of ours, and that church buildings and colleges might at all times and all over the place stay locations of security and hope,” the pope added.
The enchantment comes amid a sequence of assaults in Nigeria’s north-west and north-central areas, together with the latest abduction of over 300 college students from St. Mary’s Personal Catholic Faculty in Papiri, Niger State, in addition to incidents in Cameroon concentrating on colleges and clergy.
