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99 freed students are reunited with their parents, while 154 remain in captivity Photo: ACN International

Persecuted Christians

Empty Tabernacles and Closed Schools to Protest Kidnappings in Cameroon

The Archbishop of Bamenda has declared in his Pastoral Letter that the Church’s position is clear: it never pays ransoms. The ultimatum, issued by the Archbishop, states that if the kidnapped priest is not released, all parishes, schools, and Catholic institutions in the Ndop Deanery — in the northern part of the diocese where the kidnapping took place –, will be closed.

Persecuted Christians

Nigeria: epicenter of a crisis of extermination against Christians. Another village massacred

One of the most haunting testimonies came from Christiana Joseph, who woke on the morning of the attack preparing to attend the 6 a.m. Mass. She remembers the sudden roar of engines circling her compound. Moments later, bursts of gunfire filled the air. By the time silence returned, her husband of fourteen years, John, lay lifeless on the ground. “They surrounded us,” she recounted. “It lasted only minutes, but it destroyed everything.”