Four seminarians or student priests were kidnapped on January 8 during an attack at the good shepherd seminary, Kakau, Nigeria. Three seminarians were reported to have been released in late January, but recent news confirms the death of 18 year old Michael Nnadi, believed to have been murdered.
The attack, reported to be the latest in a string of attacks is believed to be connected to the political situation in west Africa and a struggle for natural resources. The u.n. appear to be exploiting the region’s vast natural resources at the expense of the people.
According to documentation, many Catholic cardinals were selected from the as called third world under Pope John Paul II. In 2001, they were said to have made up 40% of the body, but a thought to be more recent move towards ecumenicalism is believed in some countries to be a political tool, the hierarchy of which is not supportive of indigenous rights.