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Bishops' President kidnapped VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Pope John Paul II appealed for the release of the Colombian president of the Latin American bishops' council who was kidnapped along with a priest on November 11 by armed gunmen north of the capital, Bogota. The pope, in a telegram sent in his name on November 12 to the head of the Colombian bishops' conference, asked God to make the kidnappers reflect on what they had done, release their captives and renounce all forms of violence. He also assured Colombia's bishops of his "intense participation" in their sorrow and urged them to continue courageously to spread the Gospel and work for peace in the violencetorn country. Bishop Jorge
Jimenez Carvajal, 60, head of the Diocese of Zipaquira, was kidnapped with Father Desiderio Orjuela near the town of San Antonio de Aguilera. The two were reportedly travelling to a religious service in Pacho. 35 miles north of the capital. Bishop Jimenez heads the Latin American bishops' council, or CELAM, the administrative and coordinating agency of 22 national bishops' conferences of Latin America. There were no immediate claims of responsibility. Colombia's largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known by its Spanish acronym FARC, is reported to be active in the area where the kidnappings took place. In a statement released at the
Bishop Jorge Jimenez Carvajal meets Pope John Paul ll in this undated photo. Photo CNSNatican
Vatican, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, president of the Vatican's Pontifical Commission for Latin America, called the kidnappings "despicable" and an "inhuman act." Continued Page 2