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UAE church working for release of abducted Indian priest

A vicar in the UAE has said he has got "strong indications" to believe that Father Tom Uzhunnalil, the Indian priest who was abducted nearly nine months ago from war-torn Yemen, is alive.<br/><br/>Accordig to Khaleej Times, the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia said it is making "all efforts to secure a safe release" of the priest kidnapped from Aden in March.<br/><br/>A video of Uzhunnalil had surfaced this week in which he made an appeal to the Indian government, Pope Francis and Bishop Paul Hinder, to save his life. Hinder, who is based in Abu Dhabi, is the current Vicar Apostolic of the vicariate.<br/>

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