Pope Leo XIV calls for release of kidnapped students and priests

At Sunday prayers, Catholic Pope Leo XIV called for the immediate release of students and priests kidnapped in recent days in Nigeria and Cameroon.

Some 315 students and teachers were abducted on Friday at the St Mary High School in Nigeria’s Niger state.

Meanwhile, six Catholic priests were kidnapped from the Archdiocese of Bamenda in Cameroon, and a Baptist pastor was abducted in the same region.

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