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Pope Francis visited southeast African country in 2019. Violence again rears its head.
When Pope Francis asked for prayers for Mozambique on Sunday, he lamented the return of “violence against unarmed populations, destruction of infrastructure and insecurity.”
In his Angelus address, the Pope referred to a “Catholic mission of Our Lady of Africa in Mazeze,” which was burned down February 12.
According to the news agency ACI Africa, a terrorist attack on the port town of Pemba included the torching of Our Lady of Africa Mazeze’s church, rectory, and offices.
The parish is in the Diocese of Pemba in Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado.
Fr. Salvador Maria Rodrigues de Brito, the pastor, said the terrorists came “heavily armed.”
“It was exactly 6 p.m. … when they entered and took over the town of Posto Mazeze,” he told Radio Pax February 14, adding that no casualties were reported.
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When Pope Francis asked for prayers for Mozambique on Sunday, he lamented the return of “violence against unarmed populations, destruction of infrastructure and insecurity.”
In his Angelus address, the Pope referred to a “Catholic mission of Our Lady of Africa in Mazeze,” which was burned down February 12.
According to the news agency ACI Africa, a terrorist attack on the port town of Pemba included the torching of Our Lady of Africa Mazeze’s church, rectory, and offices.
The parish is in the Diocese of Pemba in Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado.
Fr. Salvador Maria Rodrigues de Brito, the pastor, said the terrorists came “heavily armed.”
“It was exactly 6 p.m. … when they entered and took over the town of Posto Mazeze,” he told Radio Pax February 14, adding that no casualties were reported.
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Terror attack on church in Mozambique prompts papal plea
Pope Francis had visited southeast African country in 2019. Violence again rears its head.
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