Father Paolo Dall'Oglio is an Italian Jesuit priest and peace activist. He was exiled from Syria by the government in 2012 for meeting with members o
Father Paolo Dall'Oglio is an Italian Jesuit priest and peace activist. He was exiled from Syria by the government in 2012 for meeting with members of the opposition and criticizing the actions of the Syrian government during the Syrian civil war. He was kidnapped by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) on 29 July 2013. Before his kidnapping, he had served for three decades at the Deir Mar Musa, a 6th-century monastery 80 Kms north of Damascus. He has been credited with the reconstruction of the Mar Musa complex and its reinvention as a center of interfaith dialogue.
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