Southern Arabia Vicariate Marks 10 Years Since Yemen Missionaries of Charity Martyrdom
At an Abu Dhabi Mass on March 4, Bishop Paolo Martinelli said Yemen martyrs are a “source of hope” amid today’s turmoil.
At an Abu Dhabi Mass on March 4, Bishop Paolo Martinelli said Yemen martyrs are a “source of hope” amid today’s turmoil.
Bishop Martinelli said he sees Pope Francis’ teachings and actions on interfaith dialogue as deeply spiritual.
A Yemeni Catholic woman, born in the 1980s and living in Aden, recently spoke about the plight of Christians, who were only recently recognized again as citizens.
‘The missionaries of Charity died as martyrs: as martyrs of charity, as martyrs because they witnessed Christ and shared the lot of Jesus on the Cross.’
The Father Thomas Uzhunnalil, a 56-year-old Salesian missionary who was abducted under still mysterious circumstances in March 2016 in Yemen, is now back in India, according to authorities.
But Bishop Paul Hinder urges caution and prudence.
Church leaders in India have deplored the unconfirmed rumors about Father Thomas Uzhunnalil, while his eldest brother told the Register March 28 that ‘nothing will happen’ without God’s consent.
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