(Reuters) Syrian rights group says rebels killed Italian Jesuit priest

Al-Qaeda-linked rebels in Syria have killed an Italian Jesuit priest who disappeared in the east of the country late last month, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Paolo Dall’Oglio, a vocal supporter of the uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and some Islamist rebel groups, disappeared in the rebel-held city of Raqqa on July 29.

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3 comments on “(Reuters) Syrian rights group says rebels killed Italian Jesuit priest

  1. David Keller says:

    I suppose Rowan Williams will be happy to tell the family of the dead priest to get over it and just grow up.

  2. Charles52 says:

    Prayers.for this man, and with a remembrance for the two missing Orthodox bishops. May the Light since forth into darkness.

  3. Terry Tee says:

    Yes, we should think of the missing bishops and pray for resolution of this cruel event. I cannot help but think that even in the chaos of Syria there must be lots of people who know what happened to them – and who are keeping silent. Shame on them!