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Fr. Luigi Maccali after an audience with Pope Francis in Rome. / ©️ Vatican Media

Freed Missionary Cleric in West Africa Recounts Moving Experience after Meeting Pope

Nov 10, 2020

Fr. Pier Luigi Maccalli, the Catholic missionary Priest who was freed last month in Mali after he was kidnapped in Niger in September 2018 was evidently overcome with emotion when he had an audience with Pope Francis earlier this week following his release.

Poster created by the Society of African Missions in memory of Fr. Pier Luigi Maccalli, one year since his abduction / Society of African Missions (SMA)

One Year On, Missionary Priest Abducted in Niger Still Missing, Prayerful Concerns

Sep 17, 2019

The whereabouts of the missionary priest, Fr. Luigi Maccalli, who was abducted exactly one year ago (September 17, 2018) in the landlocked West African country of Niger remain unknown.

Fr. Maccalli

Freed Missionary Cleric in West Africa Recounts Moving Experience after Meeting Pope

One Year On, Missionary Priest Abducted in Niger Still Missing, Prayerful Concerns

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