Two Italian priests and a 80-year old Canadian nun working as missionaries in northern Cameroon were taken hostage.
This occurred sometime during the night of Friday. The priests are Giampaolo Marta and Gianantonio Allegri. The priests were assigned from the Vicenza diocese in northeast Italy. Armed gunmen pulled up to the building where the nun and priests were staying at around 2 a.m. local time. Locally police have blamed the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram. It is suspected to have caused 1,500 deaths this year. (priests pictured)Vatican Release: Pope Francis is praying for the two Italian priests of Vicenza “fidei donum”, Frs Giampaolo Marta and Gianantonio Allegri and for the Canadian sister kidnapped during the night in Camerun. The pope hopes for a rapid and positive solution to the affair. The pope was informed of the kidnapping and remains in constant contact with the nuntiature. The three religious were captured by two armed groups in there home in the diocese of Maroua, in the North of Camerun. It has not been excluded that the culprits of the kidnapping could belong to the Islamic militia, Boko Haram. The Bishop of Vicenza, Mons. Beniamino Pizziol, explained that it was a very delicate situation.
Text from Vatican Radio website
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