Hostages freed thanks to bishop’s intervention go home

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Mgr Cabajar, Bishop of Pagadian, offered himself in exchange of 14 women and children. His mediation was successful and the hostages are back home.

Pagadian City (AsiaNews) – The Zamboanga bus hostages were freed yesterday thanks to the mediation of Mgr Emmanuel Cabajar, Bishop of Pagadian, and are now back home.

The prelate spoke to AsiaNews and explained how he was able to get the hostages released.

Right after the release, he said he took care of some of the freed hostages. “They wanted to rest and eat a bit,” he said, “so I took them to the House of the Colomban Fathers where they were met by relatives and taken home”. But, initially, all 14 hostages had been freed on the outskirts of the city of Pagadian on Wednesday. . . .

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Each time, one of our bishops speaks out against atrocities, he is putting his life on the line. God bless him for practicing his faith and not just lip service. We need to always keep our brothers and sisters in harm’s way in our prayers. We in the US do not realize how many are martyred for their faith and cannot not fully practice it publicly particularly in areas of Asia and Africa. The mideast is a perfect example where being Christian is almost a death sentence.