Wednesday, January 2, 2019

40 Catholic Missionaries Were Killed in 2018; Africa Replaced Latin America for Most Deaths

Forty Catholic missionaries were killed around the world in 2018, the Vatican's news agency reported today (January 2, 2018), with Africa becoming the new deadliest continent for clergy, according to the Christian Post website.

The 40 deaths are almost double the 23 deaths in 2017.

While Latin America was the deadliest region for clergy for eight straight years, Africa took over the mantle in 2018, seeing 19 priests, one seminarian, and one lay woman killed in the year.

Many missionaries have lost their lives during attempted hold-ups and robberies in impoverished social contexts, where violence is the rule of life, the Vatican report indicated.

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