Syria: fr. Hanna Jallouf released

[From Terrasanta.net] On Oct. 10th the Franciscan has been brought back to the convent of Knayeh and he is doing well. The pastor of the Latin Church in a village in northern Syria, was kidnapped on the night between October 5th and 6th by militants of the Jahbat Al-Nusra group.

The friar cannot leave the village for now and the situation remains fragile. As the Custos of the Holy Land, who first told the news of his release, explains.