Bamako, 23 November, 2022 / 8:58 pm (ACI Africa).
Jean Cardinal Zerbo has delivered a message of solidarity with the family of Fr. Hans-Joachim Lohre who has been missing since Sunday, November 20 in a suspected kidnapping incident.
In the message shared with ACI Africa on Wednesday, November 23, the Archbishop of Bamako in Mali also notes that nothing has been heard of the German Catholic Priest who is said to have gone missing at a time that the faithful were waiting for him to celebrate Holy Mass at a community.
“At the time of writing, there is still no news of Father Hans Joachim,” Cardinal Zerbo says.
He adds, “We have a special thought for his biological family in Germany and we pray in communion with all people of will that the Lord will bring him back to us without delay and in good health.”
The Archbishop of Bamako said that Fr. Hans-Joachim was supposed to celebrate Holy Mass at the Christian community of Kalabankura (right bank of Bamako) on November 20 at 8:30 a.m. when he went missing.