Pope mourns violence, loss of life from attack in Istanbul
As authorities in Turkey continued to investigate who was responsible for a deadly bombing in a busy shopping district in Istanbul, Pope Francis prayed for victims and the nation.
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by bcadmin | Nov 15, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Istanbul, News, Pope Francis, Terrorism, Turkey, Vatican | 0 |
As authorities in Turkey continued to investigate who was responsible for a deadly bombing in a busy shopping district in Istanbul, Pope Francis prayed for victims and the nation.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 10, 2022 | anti-Christian violence, Associated Press, Church in the US, News, Terrorism | 0 |
A Syrian refugee has been sentenced to more than 17 years in what authorities said was a plot to plot to bomb a Christian church in Pittsburgh.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 31, 2022 | Angelus, lead, News, Pope Francis, Somalia, South Korea, Terrorism, terrorist attack, Vatican, Young People | 0 |
After what turned out to be a deadly few days across the globe, Pope Francis Sunday offered prayers for both Somalia and South Korea, where hundreds of lives were lost over the weekend, as well as for Ukraine amid its ongoing war with Russia.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 21, 2022 | Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Cyber attacks, Environmental catastrophes, International conference, News, Nuclear weapons, Pope Francis, Poverty, Risk multiplier, Terrorism, U.S. & World News | 0 |
Nuclear weapons do not increase a nation’s or region’s security, in fact, they are a “risk multiplier” that gives people a false sense of security, Pope Francis said in a message to an international conference.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 21, 2022 | Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Cyber attacks, Environmental catastrophes, International conference, News, Nuclear weapons, Pope Francis, Poverty, Risk multiplier, Terrorism, U.S. & World News | 0 |
Nuclear weapons do not increase a nation’s or region’s security, in fact, they are a “risk multiplier” that gives people a false sense of security, Pope Francis said in a message to an international conference.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 10, 2022 | Christian persecution, Church in Africa, Church in the US, Fulani, lead, News, Nigeria, Terrorism | 0 |
At the same time gunmen killed dozens at a Catholic church in Nigeria on June 5, Father Athanasius Abanulo was celebrating Mass at his nephews parish for over 600 congregants, part of his first trip back to the African nation in seven years.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 26, 2022 | Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith, Church in Asia, Easter, Easter Sunday bombing, lead, News, Pope Francis, Sri Lanka, Terrorism, Vatican | 0 |
Victims of the gruesome 2019 bombings in Sri Lanka gathered in Rome this week alongside local church leaders to seek support from the pope and to call for justice and an independent inquiry into who is responsible.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 7, 2022 | Africa, Archbishop Gregory Aymond, Archdiocese of New Orleans, Burkina Faso, Church in Africa, Islamic extremists, lead, Missionaries, News, Terrorism | 0 |
Both Burkinabe and American ecclesial authorities have offered prayer and called for the safe release of American Sister Suellen Tennyson, 83, who was abducted by armed gunmen at her convent earlier this week.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 26, 2022 | Archbishop John-Baptist Odama, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, News, Terrorism, Uganda, violence against women | 0 |
When Lilian Akello was 32, members of the Lord’s Resistance Army killed her two sons, then kidnapped her.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 5, 2022 | al-Shabab militants, Catholic News Service, Church in Africa, Kenya, Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops, News, Terrorism | 0 |
Bishop Wilybard Lagho of Malindi has appealed for calm in Lamu, as tensions gripped the coastal region following attacks on villages and kidnappings by suspected al-Shabab militants.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 26, 2021 | Associated Press, Church in Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, News, Terrorism | 0 |
A suicide bomber attacked a restaurant and bar Saturday as patrons gathered on Christmas Day, killing at least six others in an eastern Congolese town where Islamic extremists are known to be active.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 23, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Asia, indonesia, News, Terrorism | 0 |
Nearly 180,000 Indonesian police officers will guard churches and public places across the country during Christmas celebrations this year to prevent terrorist attacks.
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