Release kidnapped, pope tells the ‘authors of evil detestable deeds’ on day priest abducted
6/11/2007VATICAN CITY (Catholic Online) – Pope Benedict XVI pleaded for the release of those kidnapped throughout the world on a day when a missionary priest in the Philippines was abducted.
In remarks delivered to pilgrims and tourists gathered in St. Peter’s Square June 10 after the praying of the midday Angelus, Pope Benedict XVI referred to kidnappings as “detestable deeds,” and called upon the “authors” of such evil to return those imprisoned to their families.
“I receive frequent requests for intervention on behalf of persons – some of whom are even priests – who have been seized for different reasons and in different parts of the world,” the pope said. “I carry all in my heart and they are present in my prayer.”
Father Giancarlo Bossi, a 57-year-old Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) priest, was taken at gunpoint June 10 in the southern Philippine Zamboanga Sibugay Province's Payao coastal town where he was to celebrate Sunday morning Mass.
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posted by Dr. Denice Hanley, DPM, M.Div. @ 3:46 PM
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