PHILIPPINES PIME missionary, Fr Giancarlo Bossi, abducted in Mindanao

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PHILIPPINES
PIME missionary, Fr Giancarlo Bossi, abducted in Mindanao
The missionary has worked for almost 30 years on the Mindanao Island where Muslim guerrillas have been battling the army for the island’s autonomy.

Manila (AsiaNews) – Fr Giancarlo Bossi, a 57-year-old missionary with the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME), was abducted this morning by armed men in the coastal village of Bulawan, near Zamboanga (Mindanao), Fr Gianni Sandalo, superior of the PIME mission in the Philippines, reported. According to police, members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), a group fighting for the Mindanao’s independence from the Philippines, might be responsible.

Except for a stay in Italy in 1996-1999, Father Giancarlo has been working in Mindanao since 1980.

He was appointed to the parish of Payao near Zamboanga only two months ago.

According to preliminary evidence he was abducted as he made his way to a nearby chapel to celebrate mass.

Zamboanga police think that he was spirited away by boat but is still in the area. The coastline in the area is very jagged with many coves and hideaways.

Father Bossi is the second Italian priest kidnapped in the area. In 2001 Fr Giuseppe Pierantoni was abducted and released several months later.

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06/10/2007 PHILIPPINES
Father Bossi’s kidnappers probably MILF fighters
by Santosh Digal

06/18/2007 PHILIPPINES
Mindanao: Father Bossi well according to first contacts

06/28/2007 PHILIPPINES
Mindanao: non-stop prayers and continued hope for Father Bossi

07/25/2007 PHILIPPINES – ITALY
Great celebrations in Payao for Father Bossi’s return
by Santosh Digal

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	ITALY - PHILIPPINES PIME gives “thanks” on its anniversary for Fr. Bossi’s release
	PHILIPPINES – ITALY Great celebrations in Payao for Father Bossi’s return
	PHILIPPINES – ITALY Father Bossi to be in Loreto with the Pope and young people to talk about his missionary experience
	PHILIPPINES - ITALY P. Bossi: “I would like to meet the Pope”
	ITALY – PHILIPPINES A great truth about Fr Bossi remains hidden; he is a missionary who witnesses Christ
	PHILIPPINES – ITALY Fr. Bossi: “I will return among my people”
	ITALY - PHILIPPINES Fr. Bossi: July 30 PIME celebrate a mass to give thanks
	ITALY – PHILIPPINES PIME thanks all those who contributed to the release of Fr. Bossi
	PHILIPPINES – ITALY Fr. Bossi: “They treated me well and I prayed for them”
	PHILIPPINES Fr. Bossi: “I am well, I want to return to bid farewell to my parishioners”
	PHILIPPINES Fr. Bossi 39 days in the hands of kidnappers
	PHILIPPINES An Islamic missionary murdered and hacked to pieces in Basilan
	PHILIPPINES Fr. Benedetti: we are awaiting “positive developments” for Fr. Bossi
	PHILIPPINES Mediation for Father Bossi’s release continues
	PHILIPPINES A petition for the release of Fr. Bossi
	PHILIPPINES PIME: free Fr Bossi and his captors too
	ITALY – PHILIPPINES Fr Zanchi: Fr Bossi continues his mission
	PHILIPPINES Mass for Father Bossi’s release celebrated in Zamboanga
	VATICAN – PHILIPPINES I think about Father Bossi every day, says Pope
	PHILIPPINES Doubts about Abu Sayyaf hand in abduction of Fr Bossi
	PHILIPPINES Search for Fr Bossi: between anticipation and hope
	PHILIPPINES No certainty about identity of Fr Bossi’s abductors as contact is awaited
	PHILIPPINES – ITALY First photos of Fr Bossi show he is alive
	PHILIPPINES Doing everything possible to free Fr Giancarlo Bossi, say Filipino bishops
	PIME - PHILIPPINES PIME: July 10, international day of prayer for Fr. Bossi
	PHILIPPINES MILF stage “strategic” retreat but search for Fr Bossi goes on
	PHILIPPINES – ITALY PIME press release about Fr Giancarlo Bossi
	PHILIPPINES PIME fathers appeal for Fr. Bossi release
	PHILIPPINES Mindanao: non-stop prayers and continued hope for Father Bossi
	PHILIPPINES No contacts with kidnappers, search for Fr Bossi starts again in Payao
	PHILIPPINES Fr. Bossi, “hypothesis” of new channels linked to civil society
	PHILIPPINES The search for Fr. Bossi restarts
	PHILIPPINES The search for Fr Bossi is halted, cooperation between MILF and the military dissolved
	PHILIPPINES PIME appeals for Father Bossi’s release
	PHILIPPINES Army announces Father Bossi sighted, PIME can’t confirm
	PHILIPPINES A blog to ask for the release of Fr. Giancarlo Bossi
	PHILIPPINES Fr. Bossi, witness that the Kingdom belongs to the meek
	PHILIPPINES Mindanao: Father Bossi well according to first contacts
	ITALY – PHILIPPINES Silent torchlight procession and candle-lit windows for Fr Bossi’s release
	PHILIPPINES The army blocks off an area in Mindanao, the Church prays for Fr. Bossi
	PHILIPPINES Mindanao, the search for Fr. Bossi continues
	PHILIPPINES Philippine Bishops appeal for the release of Fr. Bossi, Milf deny all involvement
	VATICAN Appeal of the Pope for those kidnapped throughout the world, including Catholic priests
	PHILIPPINES Fr. Bossi, “gentle giant” of the mission in Mindanao
	PHILIPPINES Westerners abducted in southern Philippines (an overview)
	PHILIPPINES Father Bossi’s kidnappers probably MILF fighters

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