Nigerian Militants Appear To Target Catholic Priests For Kidnapping: Why?

By Douglas Burton and Luka Binniyat

Father Peter Amodu was supposed to say the 5 p.m. Mass at Holy Ghost Parish in southern Nigeria on July 6.

He never arrived.

Gunmen kidnapped the Catholic priest as he walked to the church along the Otukpo/Ugbokolo highway in Benue State. He was released unharmed four days later, the...