Catechist Kidnapped and Murdered in Burkina Faso, West Africa

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Catechist Kidnapped and Murdered in Burkina Faso, West Africa
Tudoran Andrei
In the city of Essakane in the Diocese of Dori, 15 Christians were killed and two others were injured by terrorists during Sunday Mass on Feb. 25.

The violence in the country is part of a broader conflict that involves several countries in the African Sahel region, such as Mali, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria, where Christians also suffer persecution.