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100 young missionaries have been killed since 2000

October 12, 2018

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CWN Editor's Note: Although this report focuses on young missionaries, Fides also notes that “in the period between 2000 and 2017, 447 missionaries [of all ages] died violently: 5 bishops, 313 priests, 3 deacons, 61 religious men and women, 16 seminarians, 3 members of institutes of consecrated life, 42 lay people and 4 volunteers.”

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