Cardinal Recalls His Kidnapping by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

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Jorge Jiménez Carvajal is one of the new cardinals created in the August consistory. He comes from Colombia, where he is also archbishop emeritus of Cartagena de Indias.

In 2002, he was kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia together with another priest. In that moment, he says he remembered a phrase from the Bible: his tongue clung to the roof of his mouth.