Cameroon: Vatican – Leo Xiv – ‘Great Pain’ and ‘Deeply Saddened’ to Learn of the Kidnapping of Priests, Faithful, and Students in Nigeria and Cameroon

Vatican City — “I was deeply saddened to learn of the kidnapping of priests, faithful, and students in Nigeria and Cameroon. I feel great pain, above all for the many young men and women who have been abducted and for their distressed families.” Thus, today, Sunday, November 23, Pope Leo XIV expressed his closeness and personal sympathy for the anguish and distress of families and ecclesial communities that in recent days have been affected by a shocking series of mass kidnappings in Nigeria and…