http://www.rc.net/africa/catholicafrica/mission.htm
The number of known missionaries around the world killed in 1996 is about 46. Of these, 40 died on the African soil in the following countries: 19 in Zaire, 8 in Algeria, 7 in Burundi, 3 in Rwanda, 2 in Ghana, and 1 in Tanzania. The blood of these daughters and sons of the Church has not been shed for nothing, since the blood of Christians indeed sows the seeds ofthefaith in Christ. From their death new and abundant life of the Church in these very regions will rise and flourish. In knowing their names, countries of origin, countries in which they died, and the date of their death, we associate with them in their suffering and death, as well as their joy in their triumphal entry into the fullness of life in Christ.
http://www.cwnews.com/Browse/1999/12/11900.htm
31 Catholic Missionaries Killed in 1999
VATICAN (CWNews.com) -- The Fides news agency has published a list of 31 Catholic mission workers who have been killed during the calendar year 1999.
While pointing out that the list is not complete-- because the year is not yet over, and because some martyrs are never recognized-- Fides listed 17 priests, 4 seminarians, 2 catechists, and 8 nuns among those who died for the faith. Among the priests who died, 10 were diocesan clerics and 7 were members of religious orders. The nuns who were victims belonged to three different congregations, with 4 of them being members of the Missionaries of Charity founded by Mother Teresa.
A dozen of the slain missionaries were Africans, including 5 from Angola, 2 from Burundi, and 2 from Democratic Congo. Another 11 were Asia, including 6 from Timor and 3 from India. Five were from Colombia. Taking into account the missionaries from other lands, there were 15 Catholic Church workers killed in Africa this year.
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http://www.fas.org/irp/threat/terror_95/teryir.htm
Two US missionaries, Steve Welsh and Timothy Van Dyke, were killed by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) during a confrontation with a Colombian Army patrol on 19 June . The guerrillas kidnapped the two New Tribes Mission members in January 1994 initially to force the withdrawal of US military personnel engaged in military assistance projects in Colombia. FARC later changed this demand to a monetary ransom.
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http://www.naplesnews.com/02/03/neapolitan/d737825a.htm
Almost an hour of the second half was devoted to telling the story of the martyrdom of five missionaries who went to the Amazon jungle in Quito, Ecuador in the '50s and the eventual conversion of the highly violent tribe.
Chapman performed "God is God" and "God Follower" from his most recent CD, "Declaration," as well as "For the Sake of the Call," while a video of the story played on a screen behind him. Though all five missionaries were killed, the tribe is now "God-followers," as they call themselves, who follow "the maker of men."
Steve Saint, whose father was one of the five missionaries killed, and his family, are now living with the tribe. He came out on stage to talk to the crowd, accompanied by one of the tribe members — Mincaye, the son of the man who had killed his father.
Mincaye is now a "God-follower" and a church elder in his tribe. And Saint and Mincaye are close friends.
Mincaye talked to the audience while Saint translated, then sang/chanted a song in his own language while Chapman sang "My Redeemer is Faithful and True."Chapman came back for an encore that began with the celebratory, hook-filled "Live Out Loud" and ended with the audience joining him in the old hymn, "I Surrender All."
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http://www.themass.org/homily/1999/h-011099.htm
In 1998 alone, 39 missionaries were killed in Asia, Africa and Latin
America.
Fides, a news service sponsored by the Vatican Congregation for Evangelization, reported that 68 missionaries were killed in 1997.
In 1996, 48 missionaries were slain. 155 missionaries killed in the past 3 years. We hear little about this in the media.
In Angola, on January 6th of this year, a Catholic priest and two lay
catechists were killed in an aeaa where rebels and government troops
have resumed fighting. Missionaries who care for the wounded in their
clinics become targets of rival enemy troops.
Missionaries risk their lives every day trying to witness to their faith in Jesus and his gospel message of peace and love for the least
important of human beings.
Think of the missionaries and their people. They get no holidays from their situation. They witness to their faith in an atmosphere of violence, fear, and despair.
Just a small sampling...
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