Father Joseph Aketeh Bako was kidnapped in March.
The pope made the comment in his message for World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2022.
The news emerged shortly after the Vatican said that it was concerned to hear of reports of his arrest.
In a new report, the news organization that first published a draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade says the document is still the only one being circulated among the justices.
The 90-year-old was reportedly detained in his role as a trustee of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund.
‘They took everything they could,’ said seminary rector Father Ruslan Mikhalkiv.
Here is a list of acts of vandalism and other provocations against Catholic churches and pro-life groups since the May 2 publication of a draft Supreme Court opinion in a pivotal abortion case.
‘Pope Francis’ visit, I think, really has given them hope,’ said Aid to the Church in Need’s Regina Lynch.
The offices of a pro-life group in Salem, Oregon, were set on fire Sunday night, the latest in a wave of violence and vandalism directed at Catholic churches and pro-life organizations.
The pope made the appeal in his message for the second World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly.
The New York Times has changed the answer to its daily Wordle word game, avoiding ‘fetus’, lest it be viewed as related to current events linked to Roe v. Wade.
A spokesman declined to give a breakdown of the costs of the multi-year project.
“A ‘selective’ church, one of ‘pure blood,’ is not Holy Mother Church, but rather a sect,” the pope said.
Lebanon’s tourism minister announced the postponement, citing ‘health reasons.’
The offices of a pro-life organization in Madison, Wisconsin, was set ablaze and painted with pro-abortion graffiti.
Catholics across the U.S. kept a wary vigil Sunday for pro-abortion activists to follow through on a threat to disrupt Masses on Mother’s Day.
The co-chair of the House Pro-Life Caucus says overturning Roe v. Wade would usher in a "new phase" in the effort to protect the unborn.
Thirty-six new recruits will be sworn in today.
The pope was addressing members of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
Archbishop Timothy Costelloe of Perth is the first member of a religious order to lead Australia’s bishops’ conference.