Papal Nuncio Killed in Ambush

BURUNDI: Tributes for papal nuncio killed in ambush

This happened on 29 December 2003. 

Tributes have been pouring in for Michael Courtney, the apostolic nuncio to Burundi who was killed on Monday in an ambush south of the capital, Bujumbura.Pope John Paul II, in a telegram to the president of the Bishops' Conference of Burundi, Archbishop Simon Ntamwana, said he was "deeply saddened by the painful news", the Catholic news agency Misna reported on Tuesday. Speaking in Bujumbura on Tuesday, the apostolic nuncio to Uganda, Archbishop Christophe Pierre said the Catholic church would continue its contribution to the peace process.
"The killing of Courtney created an extreme sorrow among the Catholic church community, but I don't think relations between the Vatican and Burundi will stop at all; on the contrary, it is an opportunity to make more efforts in favour of peace in this country, as Michael Courtney did," he said.
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