An Italian delegation has met with Kenyan and Somalian authorities in a bid to secure the release of two kidnapped nuns.Sisters Maria Teresa Olivero and Caterina Giraudo from the Charles de Foucauld contemplative movement in Cuneo, were kidnapped on November 9 in northern Kenya.
Sources from the Church say it is now known that they were taken to Somalia.
The Kenyan minister for internal security, George Saitoti has told an Italian delegation, led by MP Margherita Boniver, that he was ready to "do everything possible" to ensure the liberation of the sisters.
The Italian minister of foreign affairs, Franco Frattini, said he has received word that the two nuns "are well", that they are in Somalia, and that the Kenyan and Somali governments are making a great effort to resolve the situation.
The legislator said she was now planning to meet President Kibaki, the prime minister of the Somali transition government, Nur Hassan Hussein and the interim president Shek Aden Madobe.
According to the Missionary News Service, sources said they are following the two nuns' ordeal and that they have reason to be optimistic in these developments.
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(Source: RI)