In an emotional encounter but one that was spiritly lived as a witness of God’s mercy and the power of unrelenting prayers, members of the Missionary of Africa (White Fathers) gathered in Rome at their generalate both in person and online for a thanksgiving and testimony conference, heard the touching and inspiring testimonies of the Lord’s grace from their confreres: Seminarian Dominic Merikiori Mahinini and Frs Hans-Joachim Lohre (Ha-Jo) MAfr and Paul Sanogo MAfr who were kidnapped between the years of 2022 and 2023 for a total of 392 days.
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Father Sanogo and Maharini remember being taken away at about 11 p.m. on the day of captivity by a gang of 12 men who broke into their community in Gyadna vil.
“When the men took us, I had so much fear in my heart, thinking of the worst that could happen to us. I couldn’t stop praying,” seminarian Melchior Maharini said.