church pastoral workers killed - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 04 Feb 2013 04:41:57 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg church pastoral workers killed - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Twelve Church pastoral workers killed in 2012 https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/02/05/twelve-church-pastoral-workers-killed-in-2012/ Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:30:38 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=38646 Catholic pastoral workers were killed at a rate of one a month last year — 10 priests, one religious sister and one lay person — and the most dangerous part of the world was South America. The Fides news service has published its annual document listing all the Church workers who lost their lives in Read more

Twelve Church pastoral workers killed in 2012... Read more]]> Catholic pastoral workers were killed at a rate of one a month last year — 10 priests, one religious sister and one lay person — and the most dangerous part of the world was South America.

The Fides news service has published its annual document listing all the Church workers who lost their lives in a violent manner during the past year.

It says the majority of the pastoral workers killed in 2012 were victims of attempted robbery: Some discovered there were thieves in their homes and their bodies were found with signs of torture and cruelty. Others were attacked in the street and robbed of what they brought with them or their car.

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