Church under attack in Africa, 15 dead in Burkina Faso. Four Orthodox monks kidnapped and killed in Ethiopia.
Pope Francis himself expressed his concerns about the clashes in the Democratic Republic of Congo and about the phenomenon of kidnappings in Nigeria. "It is no longer possible not to consider the suffering of these innocent African communities," says Aid to the Church in Need director Alessandro Monteduro. Reproduction of this article is permitted under the terms of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)