Witch hunts on the rise worldwide, warns German aid agency m

AACHEN, Germany (CNS) -- Missio, one of Germany's Pontifical Mission Societies, marked the third World Day Against Witch Hunts Aug. 10 by warning that the phenomenon is on the increase worldwide.

The German Catholic news agency KNA said that in at least 43 countries, women, but also men and children, are in mortal danger because they are being persecuted as alleged witches, according to the 2022 World Map of Witch Hunts published by missio Aachen.

Missio said it had added Sierra Leone and Zimb

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