I’ll Pray For Kidnappings To End In Nigeria – Pope Francis

Pope Francis has come out to express his concern over the frequent abductions in Nigeria.

He recently described his concerns as very concerning, and the world has been reacting.

According to him, he is currently praying and hoping that tangible efforts would be made to contain these sad incidents in the country.

Pope added that he would continue to keep aggrieved Nigerians in his prayers till everything is calm.

His words, “The increasingly frequent kidnappings in Nigeria are extremely concerning.

I express my closeness in prayer to the Nigerian people, hoping that efforts will be made to contain the spread of these incidents as much as possible.”

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Pope Francis (Latin: Franciscus; Italian: Francesco; Spanish: Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is, as the bishop of Rome, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State.

Francis is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first pope from outside Europe since the Syrian Gregory III, who reigned in the 8th century.

Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born on 17 December 1936 in Flores, a neighborhood of Buenos Aires. He was the eldest of five children of Mario José Bergoglio (1908–1959) and Regina María Sívori (1911–1981). Mario Bergoglio was an Italian immigrant accountant born in Portacomaro (Province of Asti) in Italy’s Piedmont region.

Regina Sívori was a housewife born in Buenos Aires to a family of northern Italian (Piedmontese-Genoese) origin.