Fr. Pier Luigi Maccalli has reflected on the two years he spent in detention in Mali before his release on 8 October 2020, recalling how he made a rosary out of cloth and relied on his faith during captivity. In an interview with Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International, Fr. Maccalli, who was working as a missionary in Boamanga, Niger, when he was kidnapped by armed men on 17 September 2018 and transported across the border into Mali, said …
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