This is caused in the world by that spiritual being called in Biblical revelation the Devil or Satan, who has placed himself deliberately against God. The Devil, Scripture refers to, is not a reality of the past. The great genocides of this century attest dramatically to the Pope's words. Bishop Quintero has been in captivity since August 15, captured by a group associated with the Simon Bolivar Guerrilla Coordinator. On that occasion, more than 150 persons were captured.
Several dozens continue in guerrilla hands.
The kidnapped are Spanish priests, Fr. Cosme Puerto and Fr. Joaquin Fernandez, and computer programmer Pedro Garcia, who were taken from their hotel in Kerman at pistol-point. The city is some 800 kilometers southeast of Teheran. Also kidnapped were Italian Massimo Catabriga and local guide Ramatollah Soleimanei.