VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo XIV called Sunday for the release of over 300 hostages taken from a Catholic school in one of the largest mass kidnappings in Nigeria. “I learned with immense sadness the news of the kidnappings of priests, faithful, and students in Nigeria,” he said. The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Saturday said gunmen had kidnapped more than 300 students and teachers in raids on two schools in the country.

Armed men abduct children and staff from a Catholic school in Nigeria, escalating ongoing violence against educational institutions.

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