Posted on 07/28/2014 5:45:49 AM PDT by marshmallow
Fr Amado Baranquel, pastor at Tripoli's Church of Mary Immaculate, appeals to his government after Islamists killed a 50-year-old Filipino "for not being a Muslim." The cities of "Benghazi and Tripoli are under the control of militias," with "tanks, the gunshots, and explosions."
Manila (AsiaNews/CBCP) - As Libya's political crisis plunges the country into ever greater chaos, a Filipino priest in Tripoli urges his government to ensure the safety of some 13,000 Filipinos trapped in the country.
Fr Amado Baranquel, pastor of the Church of Mary Immaculate in the Libyan capital, issued his appeal after radical Islamists killed a Filipino in Benghazi "for not being a Muslim."
The victim was a 50-year-old construction worker who was abducted and killed on Wednesday.
This has caused panic among Filipinos in Libya who are unable to leave because ports and airports have been destroyed.
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Yo there!
Mr Pope, yer high holiness!!
Awake yet??? Didn’t think so.
I bet they are
Shouldn’t have gone there
get out now
How?
Have the Pope put out a call for NATO to provide cover for volunteer Christians with fishing vessels able to get close enough to shore to pick up Christians (NO Muslims) and bring them to where they can get transport back to their home countries.
I expect they will do it again.
If they weren’t all hiding in an abandoned disco club they’d be dead already.
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