Families in Nigeria were given an early Christmas gift this week as 130 children and teachers kidnapped a month ago from a Catholic school were released on Sunday, government and church officials said. Armed assailants from an unnamed group stormed St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Niger state, in the middle of the night on Saturday, Nov. 22. Terrorists kidnapped 303 children and 12 teachers and forced them into the forest, authorities said. Dozens allegedly escaped shortly after the kidnapping, and security forces reportedly rescued 100 two weeks ago.