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Freed missionary priest reflects on captivity, meeting with Pope

November 13, 2020

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CWN Editor's Note: Father Pierluigi Maccalli, SMA, met with Pope Francis on November 9. Reflecting on his captivity in Niger (map), he said, “I do not have any resentment, and I am serene. Of the young boys who looked after me, I said: they are just boys who do not know what they are doing.”

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