An eighty-four year old priest brutally murdered by Islamic terrorists during Mass in a Church in Normandy – The seed of hate
2016-07-26 L’Osservatore Romano Paris, 26. Shock and horror at the “absurd violence”, radical condemnation for “every form of hatred” and prayer for the victims. These were the first sentiments expressed by Pope Francis – through the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr Federico Lombardi – at yet another episode of jihadist terror in Francis, barely two weeks from the attack in Nice of 14 July. Two men armed with knives broke into a church in Saint-Étienne-du Rouvray, near Rouen, during the celebration of Holy Mass and killed the parish priest after holding him hostage along with two sisters and three members of the faithful, one of whom was also stabbed and is in critical condition. The so-called Islamic…Continue Reading