Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jul 17, 2021 / 04:00 am
Kidnappers have freed a Catholic nun seized on her way to a market in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a Catholic charity reported on Friday.
Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) said on July 16 that the nun, identified only as Sr. Francine, was “traumatized but physically unharmed,” reported ACI Africa, CNA’s African news partner.
ACN said that there were scant details regarding the kidnapping and release of the nun, who belongs to the Daughters of the Resurrection in the Central African country with a population of almost 87 million people.
Sr. Francine was seized on July 8 in Goma, the capital of the eastern North Kivu province, on her way to the market to shop for her community.