#BreakingNews Italian Catholic Nun is Killed in a Devastating Terrorist Attack at a Mission in Mozambique - RIP Sister Maria De Coppi
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A Catholic Italian nun, Sister Maria De Coppi, was killed in a terrorist attack in Chipene, Mozambique, late on September 7, 2022. Her religious order, the Comboni Missionary Sisters, released a statement on September 8th.
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The order said the terrorists raided the mission, killed De Coppi, and set fire to mission's church, the nuns' homes, the hospital and its equipment. Another Catholic body, the Centro Missionario Concordia Pordenone, said two priests serving at the mission, Loris Vignandel and Lorenzo Barro, had managed to get away too.
The order said the terrorists raided the mission, killed De Coppi, and set fire to mission's church, the nuns' homes, the hospital and its equipment. Another Catholic body, the Centro Missionario Concordia Pordenone, said two priests serving at the mission, Loris Vignandel and Lorenzo Barro, had managed to get away too.
Statement from the Mission: Yesterday, 6 September 2022, at 21:00, the mission of Chipene, Lurio, Diocese of Nacala, in Mozambique was attacked by terrorists.
They entered the house of the Comboni Missionary Sisters, killed a Sister, Sr. Maria De Coppi, an Italian, destroyed and set fire to the church, the house of the Sisters, the hospital and the mission machines.
The other two Sisters of the community, Sr. Eleonora Reboldi, Italian and Sr. Angeles Lopez Hernandez, Spanish, managed to escape and hide in the forest, together with a group of young girls.
At the moment, only our two Sisters are left in Chipene; we are trying to evacuate them as soon as possible, with the help of the Comboni Missionaries and the Crisis Unit of the Farnesina.
Sr. Enza Carini
General Secretary
Sources: https://www.comboniane.org/comunicato-stampa/ and ANSA
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