{"id":83831,"date":"2026-06-20T08:46:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=83831"},"modified":"2026-06-20T08:46:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:46:44","slug":"catholic-priest-suspected-in-bishops-murder-in-mozambique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/catholic-priest-suspected-in-bishops-murder-in-mozambique\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Priest Suspected in Bishop\u2019s Murder in Mozambique"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>Zenit<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Os\u00f3rio Citora Afonso was murdered in the capital of Zamb\u00e9zia province, Mozambique, on Saturday, June 6. The newspaper O Pa\u00eds reported on June 11 the arrest of three suspects: one of them is Father Adelino Novais Amado, a priest of the Diocese of Quelimane, Zamb\u00e9zia, and the possible perpetrator of the crime.<\/p>\n<p>The Mozambican Criminal and Forensic Investigation Police in Zamb\u00e9zia declared through their spokesperson, Maximino Amilcar, that the criminals invaded the Episcopal Residence in the morning, scaling the wall, damaging the security system, and shooting Monsignor Os\u00f3rio in the chest. The Prelate\u2019s body was found in the hallway of the Episcopal Palace. The Zamb\u00e9zia Provincial Court is also investigating the involvement of a gardener and a security guard. The investigation is questioning the suspects to clarify the facts and determine their possible criminal liability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Zenit: Bishop Os\u00f3rio Citora Afonso was murdered in the capital of Zamb\u00e9zia province, Mozambique, on Saturday, June 6. The.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83831","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83831"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83832,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83831\/revisions\/83832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}