New message from nun Gloria Cecilia Narváez after 4 years of jihadist captivity

In recent days, thehe family of nun Gloria Cecilia Narváez received a new message from the missionary, which confirms that she is still alive and maintains the hope of returning to freedom with the help of her faith.

The message was written on February 3 and revealed by Edgar Narváez, the religious’s brother, who recently received the brief message written in a letter given to him by the International Red Cross with the Fundación Ayuda a la Iglesia that l ‘ACN is suffering, according to Aleteia Magazine.

The letter, handwritten in a short message, gives hope to religious communities and her family, who cry out that the kidnapping of nun Cecilia Narváez is not forgotten and that efforts for her release resume.

“Receive my fraternal greetings. May the good Lord bless you and give you health. I was kidnapped for four years and now I’m part of a new group. Pray a lot for me. God bless you. I hope God helps me get freedom. Fraternally, Gloria “wrote the captive nun.

In mid-April, a mission had been sent to demand the release of the nun Nariño, on the border of Burkina Faso and Benin, where she is believed to be, but she returned unexpectedly without successes or warnings. The group was led by Colombia and had the support of France, Italy, Spain, the Vatican and the International Red Cross.

Sister’s brother teacher Narváez told El Tiempo newspaper in June: “Thursday evening, the police captain Gaula calls me and says to me, professor, we are back in Colombia, I do not know why they send us to call, if all goes well “.

The nun’s relative asked for an explanation of the case, as it was expected that they would be there until August to request the release of Cecilia Narváez, who completed four years of kidnapping at the hands of Islamist extremists on February 7.

The nun’s brother assured Caracol Radio at that time that the last information he had known was another letter from her, in which she said she was transferred from a group and was part of a group called “support for jihadists”.

Gloria Cecilia Narváez was part of a group of missionaries, four from Colombia and one from Burkina Faso, in a village of Karangasso, helping the sick and needy. On February 7, 2017, during the night, a group of armed men broke into their camp in search of money.

The nuns said they did not collect any money and asked who the leader was. Apparently they were trying to kidnap another woman, but Cecilia Narváez offered to be the leader of the congregation and was taken by the extremists to an unknown location.

Gloria Cecilia is originally from Pasto, Nariño, and belonged to the Congregation of the Franciscanas de María Inmaculada. He was near Koutiala, half a kilometer from the Malian capital, at the time of the kidnapping.

On July 1, 2017, the Support Group for Islam and Muslims claimed responsibility for the kidnapping and posted a video of the nun, which they accused of false actions in this area of ​​Africa.

In January 2018, the nun appeared in a video, a survival test sent by the terrorist group, in which she asks Pope Francis to intervene for her freedom. In the current statement, Al Qaeda He accused the Vatican and the Colombian government of not making an effort to negotiate that would lead to his release.

During the governments of Juan Manuel Santos and Iván Duque, missions were put forward to achieve their release, but the goal was not possible, which is increasingly urgent because, according to his family, the the nun’s health was affected by the conditions of captivity.

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