kidnapping

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In focus: Kidnapped clergy, euthanasia threat in France, “ecological disaster” in Ghana, pope to visit cousin

Nine people, including clergy, were seized Sept. 16 when 60 attackers destroyed St. Mary’s Catholic Church in the southwestern village of Nchang, close to the Nigerian border.

In focus: Catholics in Northern Ireland, tensions in Nicaragua, Church workers kidnapped in Cameroon

In focus: Kidnapped sister freed, devastating floods in Pakistan, school year begins in Ukraine

In focus: Death of Archbishop Weakland, death-row execution, Ukraine summons papal nuncio, kidnapped Nigerian nuns

The United Nations says more than 700,000 children have been forced out of school, and two out of three schools in the breakaway region have been closed as a result of the violence.

The Biden administration has battled legal impediments since its first day in office to end the Migrant Protection Protocols, popularly known as “Remain in Mexico,” created in late 2018 by the Trump administration and implemented in January 2019.