Kidnapping

Reeling from the Nov. 21 kidnapping of more than 250 kids and teachers from a Catholic school in central Nigeria, Bishop Bulus Dauwa Yohanna of Kontagora said trauma, helplessness and …

The rising kidnapping of foreign nationals and local Christians has left a feeling that the Sahel region is “an endangered place for missionaries.”

The NGO for which the missionary works, Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos, reported the news with “deep gratitude and a relief that cannot be described in words.”

An Irish parish priest described kidnapped missionary as a “wonderful, generous, caring and compassionate person.”

“We raise our voices today to demand freedom for our colleague and friend Gena Heraty.”

A Nigerian priest kidnapped by Boko Haram in June has been released, OSV News has learned.

(OSV News) — As the growing violence in Haiti directly impacts more and more children and teenagers, Catholic missionaries struggle to offer safe havens to regain hope and dreams of a …

(OSV News) — Two Nigerian women religious who were kidnapped Jan. 7 as they returned home from a meeting in Ogboji, a town in Anambra state in Nigeria, were freed …

MEXICO CITY (OSV News) — Cristina Bautista has never stopped searching for her son, who was among the 43 students who disappeared in a 2014 attack that has never been …

PHILADELPHIA (OSV News) — Catholic health care professionals have condemned the Aug. 15 kidnapping of 20 Catholic medical students in Nigeria. In an Aug. 23 press release, the Catholic Medical …