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(ZENIT News / Madrid, 02.02.2025).- More Catholic Priests and Religious were kidnapped in 2024 than in 2023, according to data of the Pontifical Foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). Whereas in the previous year the number of kidnapped was 33, in 2024 a total of 38 members of the clergy and men and women religious were kidnapped by criminals. ACN recorded cases of murder, abduction or detention for motives related to persecution, but also of those that served in difficult or dangerous places, as witness to their commitment to God. Increase of Kidnappings
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Number of Kidnapped Catholic Priests Grows in One Year Worldwide | ZENIT - English
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Number of Kidnapped Catholic Priests Grows in One Year Worldwide | ZENIT - English
