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The priests had been working for several decades with the Raramuri, or Tarahumara, Indigenous people

It is currently unclear if the housekeeper is employed by Bishop O’Connell directly or by the archdiocese

A native of Ireland, Bishop O’Connell, 69, ministered to immigrants, the poor, and victims of gang violence for 45 years in South Los Angeles

Father Joseph Amudakani was arrested in Thandla, Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh on January 18. He was released on the same day.

“I was afraid the gang would kill and bury me at a place that nobody would find out,” said the priest

The local faithful are worried because they do not know the whereabouts of the bishop because the police even took his phone

Speaking out against “sinful politics” has become dangerous for some members of the clergy in the Philippines

“May hatred and violence be stopped so that love and unity can develop more intensely,” said Bishop Aloisio

Father Giuse (Joseph) Trần Ngọc Thanh, OP, was killed in a knife attack in a mission area in Vietnam on Saturday, January 29

Father Trần was attacked at a mission of Dak Mot, about 40 miles northwest of Kon Tum in Vietnam