{"id":477,"date":"2025-01-14T14:41:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T14:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/actualidadereligiosa.pt\/en\/blog\/2025\/01\/14\/being-a-priest-today-one-of-the-most-dangerous-missions-in-the-world\/"},"modified":"2025-01-24T11:33:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T11:33:01","slug":"being-a-priest-today-one-of-the-most-dangerous-missions-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/actualidadereligiosa.pt\/en\/blog\/2025\/01\/14\/being-a-priest-today-one-of-the-most-dangerous-missions-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Being a priest today: One of the most dangerous missions in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/actualidadereligiosa.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Captura-de-ecra-2025-01-14-143412.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1494\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>ACN&#8217;s list of priests and religious who were kidnapped, arrested or murdered during 2024 was published yesterday. Curating this list and writing the final article is one of my tasks as a freelancer for ACN. Vetting the cases and getting the numbers as right as possible is a tough job, but one that gives me great satisfaction! <a href=\"https:\/\/acninternational.org\/being-a-priest-today-one-of-the-most-dangerous-missions-in-the-world\/\">You can read the full article here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACN&#8217;s list of priests and religious who were kidnapped, arrested or murdered during 2024 was published yesterday. 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