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Bamako, Mali, Apr 2, 2017 / 04:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Catholic bishops of Mali are asking the general public to help secure the release of a nun who was kidnapped in the country February 7th.Sister Cecilia Argoti Narvaez was originally from Colombia but worked in Mali until she was kidnapped earlier this year. Her fate is still unknown.“We are exploring all possible paths to obtain Sister Cecilia’s release and are calling upon the faithful to keep praying for her,” said Father Edmond Dembele, secretary general of the Episcopal Conference of Mali, according to Fides news agency.Sr. Cecilia, a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Mary Immaculate, has served in Mali for 12 years. Her community administers a large health center in the country, as well as a home where they care for some 30 orphans between one and two years of age.Armed men kidnapped Sr. Cecilia in the southern Mali city of Karangasso. The men forced Sister Cecilia to hand over the keys to the commun...
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MOCOA, Colombia (AP) -- Townspeople desperately searched their ruined homes and the local hospital for loved ones Sunday after a torrent of water, mud and debris swept through a city in southern Colombia, causing more than 200 deaths, many of them children, and leaving hundreds more missing and injured....
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(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has expressed deep pain for the tragedy that has struck the city of Mocoa in Colombia where a gigantic landslide has killed over 250 people and left scores missing.Listen to the report by Linda Bordoni: Colombia's security forces are searching for over 200 missing people after heavy mudslides reportedly left at least 254 dead, and injured more than 400.Torrential rain flooded the city of Mocoa in the country's south-west with mud and rocks, burying whole neighbourhoods and forcing residents to flee their homes.Speaking after the Angelus prayer which he recited during his visit to the northern Italian town of Carpi, the Pope said he is praying for the victims and he assured his closeness to those who are grieving the loss of their loved ones.He also thanked all those who are working to assist the victims and provide rescue efforts. Pope Francis then turned his thoughts to the situation of conflict in the Democratic Republic of ...
(Vatican Radio) Hungary says it has completed two controversial border container camps where asylum-seekers, including children, have to wait until their cases are decided. Besides opening the camps authorities are also cracking down on foreign-backed groups that criticize these refugee policies. Listen to the report by Stefan Bos: It isn't always easy for foreign reporters to record what is really going on near the additional border fence Hungary is building next to other barriers to halt migrants fleeing war and poverty.Security forces make clear reporters are are not welcome shouting "switch off". And those asking asylum are moved into containers. Hungary's Interior ministry now says that prison inmates have been used to put 324 additional shipping containers in the camps built on the Serbian border at the towns of Röszke and Tompa.Across from Tompa on the Serbian side of the border, farm worker József Pat...
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis is praying for the victims of Colombia`s mudslide tragedy, grieving relatives and also for those involved in the ongoing rescue operation.James Blears reports, the eventual death toll is likely to exceed 300, with more than 400 injured.Listen: The City of Mocoa, in Colombia`s South Western Region of Putumayo, has been devastated by a sea of mud and rocks after torrential rain caused a river to burst its banks and mud to drown and suffocate many of its inhabitants. The Red Cross, Armed Forces and other specialist services, have been working around the clock since the disaster stuck on Saturday. Colombia`s President Juan Manuel Santos who`s visiting the stricken area has declared a State of Emergency. A massive airlift is underway, as electricity and water are down. Food, water, medicines and shelter are urgently needed as life savers and life preservers, for those who` ve lost everything including many ...
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