{"id":35970,"date":"2020-10-28T11:18:19","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T11:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=35970"},"modified":"2020-10-28T11:19:50","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T11:19:50","slug":"mozambique-armed-attacks-leading-to-closure-of-several-catholic-missions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2020\/10\/28\/mozambique-armed-attacks-leading-to-closure-of-several-catholic-missions\/","title":{"rendered":"MOZAMBIQUE: Armed attacks leading to closure of several Catholic missions"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The provisional closure of several Catholic Church missions in the province of Cabo Delgado is one of the direct consequences of the climate of insecurity in this region where, since October 2017, violent attacks by terrorist groups have taken place.<\/p>\n<p>Father Kwiriwi Fonseca, one of the heads of communication for the Diocese of Pemba, explains to Aid to the Church in Need that, \u201cjust to be aware, there is only a priest in Mueda, where he is relatively safe\u201d.\u00a0\u201cIn the rest\u201d of the region, adds this priest, \u201c[priests and religious] are outside the work area, the mission area\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Father Edegard Silva J\u00fanior, Saletino missionary in Muidumbe, in the Diocese of Pemba, published in the newsletter of the Pontifical Mission Societies an article on the situation in Cabo Delgado in which this reality is mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>In June, the missionaries even wrote a message to the communities explaining the need to leave the places where they were placed.\u00a0A letter in which they express the \u201chope that soon\u201d they will be able to return, asking for everyone&#8217;s prayers so that the violent environment will end for good and that \u201ceveryone can return to their work and celebrations\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In this letter, the missionaries also affirm that they pray \u201cdaily for all people and communities\u201d, and that they \u201cmiss the community\u201d a lot, wishing that this time of violence ends \u201cso that we can return to serving all we always did \u201d.<\/p>\n<p>There have been many extremely violent attacks in Cabo Delgado province by armed groups claiming to belong to Daesh, the Islamic State.\u00a0This was the case in Auasse on 12 May.\u00a0The\u00a0Benedictine monks had to leave the monastery\u00a0, fleeing into the bush where they remained hidden until they managed to leave the region.<\/p>\n<p>One example of the extreme violence that has prevented the presence of missionaries in their parishes or mission places, was the July attack on\u00a0Moc\u00edmboa da Praia\u00a0, which resulted in the complete destruction of the parish church building.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHundreds of people in the territory of our parish and other missions see families and families moving from place to place daily looking for a little peace, and in many cases, families end up divided and lost in the bush looking for safe places.\u00a0All of this generates immense challenges that break the heart of a missionary when seeing the people without a home, without food, and at night having to seek refuge in the woods or not knowing where to go with what little remains of their belongings\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/donate\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35565 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Support-button-300x44.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"44\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Support-button-300x44.jpg 300w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Support-button-580x85.jpg 580w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Support-button-600x88.jpg 600w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Support-button.jpg 627w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The provisional closure of several Catholic Church missions in the province of Cabo Delgado is one of the direct consequences of the climate of insecurity in this region where, since October 2017, violent attacks by terrorist groups have taken place. 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