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A Catholic priest of the Diocese of Minna in Nigeria was among 45 people kidnapped after Mass on Sunday. On the morning of March 27, assailants abducted villagers along with Father Leo Raphael Ozigi, a priest of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in the town of Sarkin Pawa. The people abducted were reportedly villagers who had just returned to their communities on Saturday after living in Internally Displaced Persons camps.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/250822/catholic-priest-abducted-after-sunday-mass-in-nigeria
A Ukrainian Catholic priest, who is married and a father of seven, recently accompanied one of his parishioners on a journey to Ukraine, where they rescued 22 orphans. Father Jason Charron flew to Ukraine with one of his parishioners, who had recently adopted a daughter from there. Crossing the border into Ukraine, the priest and the parishioner made their way to the orphanage from which the daughter had been adopted, and were able to get the orphans to safety in Lithuania.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/250819/a-catholic-priest-and-a-parishioner-team-up-to-rescue-ukrainian-orphans
Today the Church celebrates Joseph of Arimathea, a member of the Jewish council who went to Pontius Pilate and asked for possession of the body of Jesus after his passion and death. After receiving this permission, Joseph had Jesus laid in a nearby tomb.
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-joseph-of-arimathea-191