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On heels of UN vote, Pope urges peace in Jerusalem and two-state solution

Dec 25, 2017

Just days after the UN voted overwhelmingly to condemn President Donald Trump’s decision to transfer the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, Pope Francis used his Christmas message to pray for peace in Jerusalem and a two-state solution to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.

By John L. Allen Jr.

Bishop pleads for peace as Yemen crisis worsens

Oct 13, 2017

Paul Hinder of the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia says transportation and health care were destroyed in much of Yemen, while a Saudi embargo on Yemeni ports made getting relief supplies to 3 million internally displaced people “practically impossible.” The bishop added that Christian minorities had been too few to “play a role in the conflict.”

By Catholic News Service

Indian priest kidnapped in Yemen returns home, meets Modi
- Sep 28, 2017
Salesian Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who spent 18 months in captivity in Yemen, has finally arrived home in India. The priest was released two weeks ago, and has been recovering in Rome. Upon his arrival, Uzhunnalil met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

By Associated Press
Indian priest says Yemeni captors did him no physical harm
- Sep 16, 2017
Father Tom Uzhunnalil,a Salesian, was kidnapped from a home for senior citizens in Aden, southern Yemen, established by Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity in March 2016. Four nuns were killed during the attack. On Saturday in Rome, following his release earlier this week, Uzhunnalil said that his captors never harmed him, even if in some videos they made it appear that way in an effort to get a speedy response in negotiations.

By Associated Press
Report: Priest kidnapped in Yemen in 2016 has been released
- Sep 12, 2017
India’s Foreign Minister tweeted out on Tuesday that Father Tom Uzhunnalil, a missionary priest kidnapped by Islamic militants in Yemen in September 2016 at a home for the elderly in the southern port city of Aden, has been released. According to reports, Uzhunnalil is presently in Oman, and will be flown back to Kerala in India later on Tuesday.

By Crux Staff