Vatican City, 28 July 2014 (VIS) –
The family of Fr. Paolo Dell'Oglio, the Italian Jesuit priest of whom
there has been no news for a year following his disappearance in the
Syrian city of Raqqa, today issued the following communique:
“One year has already passed since we
last knew of our son and brother Paolo, priest, Jesuit, Italian, who
disappeared in Syria on July 29th 2013.
This has also been a long time, too
long, for a land ravaged by war and infinite suffering like Syria.
We ask those responsible for the
disappearance of a good man, a man of faith, a man of peace, to have
the dignity to let us know of his fate.
We would like to once again hold him in
our arms, however we are also prepared to mourn him.
Tomorrow, 29th of July, one year after
his disappearance, many of us will be praying for him and standing by
him, as we will be doing for those who have been kidnapped, unjustly
detained and for the many who are suffering because of this war.”
The video message of their plea can be
seen at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3MMoCGrggE&feature=youtu.be
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