{"id":779,"date":"2025-12-09T22:53:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T22:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/actualidadereligiosa.pt\/en\/blog\/2025\/12\/09\/nigerian-bishop-on-school-kidnappings-our-hearts-are-broken-but-our-faith-remains-firm\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T22:58:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T22:58:24","slug":"nigerian-bishop-on-school-kidnappings-our-hearts-are-broken-but-our-faith-remains-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/actualidadereligiosa.pt\/en\/blog\/2025\/12\/09\/nigerian-bishop-on-school-kidnappings-our-hearts-are-broken-but-our-faith-remains-firm\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian bishop on school kidnappings: \u201cOur hearts are broken, but our faith remains firm\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/actualidadereligiosa.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Captura-de-ecra-2025-12-09-224917.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2524\" style=\"width:832px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wrote about the tragic kidnapping of over 300 school children in Nigeria for Aid to the Church in Need &#8211; International. <a href=\"https:\/\/acninternational.org\/nigerian-bishop-on-school-kidnappings-our-hearts-are-broken-but-our-faith-remains-firm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">You can read the full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote about the tragic kidnapping of over 300 school children in Nigeria for Aid to the Church in Need &#8211; International. <span class=\"more-tag d-block mt-15\"><a class=\"more-link wp-block-button__link icon-inline\" href=\"https:\/\/actualidadereligiosa.pt\/en\/blog\/2025\/12\/09\/nigerian-bishop-on-school-kidnappings-our-hearts-are-broken-but-our-faith-remains-firm\/\">Continuar a ler<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Nigerian bishop on school kidnappings: \u201cOur hearts are broken, but our faith remains firm\u201d\"<\/span><\/a><\/span><!-- .more-tag --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,1],"tags":[80,81,83],"class_list":["post-779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artigos-e-comentario-na-imprensa","category-posts-in-english","tag-acn","tag-acn-international","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - 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