Rome - On March 24, we celebrate the "Day of Prayer and Fasting in Memory of the Missionary Martyrs", promoted by the Youth Movement of the Pontifical Mission Societies, on the anniversary of the assassination of Mgr. Oscar Arnulfo Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador , who will be beatified on 23 May. The initiative aims to remember, with prayer and fasting, all the missionaries who were killed in the world and the pastoral workers who shed their blood to bear witness to the Gospel .
According to information gathered by Agenzia Fides, during the years 1980-1989, 115 missionaries died violently. The summary of the years 1990-2000 presents a total of 604 missionaries killed. The number is significantly higher than in the previous decade mainly as a result of the genocide in Rwanda , which caused at least 248 victims among church personnel.
In the years 2001-2014 the total number of pastoral workers killed was 343 people. In the year 2014, 26 pastoral workers were killed: 17 priests, 1 religious, 6 religious women, one seminarian, one layman. These figures are still to be considered in default as they relate only to confirmed cases and of which news was received.
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According to information gathered by Agenzia Fides, during the years 1980-1989, 115 missionaries died violently. The summary of the years 1990-2000 presents a total of 604 missionaries killed. The number is significantly higher than in the previous decade mainly as a result of the genocide in Rwanda , which caused at least 248 victims among church personnel.
In the years 2001-2014 the total number of pastoral workers killed was 343 people. In the year 2014, 26 pastoral workers were killed: 17 priests, 1 religious, 6 religious women, one seminarian, one layman. These figures are still to be considered in default as they relate only to confirmed cases and of which news was received.
Link correlati :For more information about the Missionaries killed, in Italian
Read Full Story from Fides News English http://www.fides.org/en/news/37492-EUROPE_ITALY_Day_of_Missionary_Martyrs_1_062_missionaries_killed_in_the_world_from_1980_to_2014
This article by originally appeared on fides.org on March 23, 2015 at 02:00AM
