Posted on 06/29/2013 12:52:18 PM PDT by NYer
Syrian terrorists have beheaded a Catholic priest who they accused of collaborating with the Assad regime. Those accusations have not yet been verified. Father Francois was summarily executed and the Vatican has confirmed the martyrdom.
VATICAN CITY (Catholic Online) - The Vatican is confirming the death by beheading of Franciscan Father, Francois Murad, who was martyred by Syrian jihadists on June 23.
Below is the news release from the Vatican, via news.va.
On Sunday, June 23 the Syrian priest François Murad was killed in Gassanieh, in northern Syria, in the convent of the Custody of the Holy Land where he had taken refuge. This is confirmed by a statement of the Custos of the Holy Land sent to Fides Agency. The circumstances of the death are not fully understood. According to local sources, the monastery where Fr. Murad was staying was attacked by militants linked to the jihadi group Jabhat al-Nusra.
Father François, 49, had taken the first steps in the religious life with the Franciscan Friars of the Custody of the Holy Land, and with them he continued to share close bonds of spiritual friendship. After being ordained a priest he had started the construction of a coenobitic monastery dedicated to St. Simon Stylites in the village of Gassanieh.After the start of the Civil War, the monastery of St. Simon had been bombed and Fr. Murad had moved to the convent of the Custody for safety reasons and to give support to the remaining few, along with another religious and nuns of the Rosary.
(Excerpt) Read more at catholic.org ...
Thank you for the prayer. Amen
The real bottom line is that there were thirteen million fewer people who voted Republican in the 2012 election than voted Republican in the 2008 election. They just stayed home and watched Romney lose by around three million votes. Without a doubt it's the people who voted for McCain in 2008 but who stayed home in 2012 that are responsible for Barry still being in office.
The only large block of folks that can be clearly identified by their religion who made a difference in 2012 is the sixteen million plus mostly "Evangelical", black folks. They voted by 95% or more for King Barry even though they claim to be solid non-Catholic Christians who are against abortion and very much against queers marrying one another or being recognized as anything but perverts.
How are conservatives where you are reaching out to those non-Catholic Christian black folks? Are there some forums where a lot of black folks participate where they can be slammed and slandered when some Muzzie beheads a Catholic priest? Or is there an outreach program that goes right to their churches and puts little comic books under the windshield wipers of the cars in the church parking lot?
Lord, have mercy on the souls of these martyrs.
What a sickening example of ruthless, vicious, brutal, savage, frenzied, monstrous, murderous, maniacal butchery. Obviously another frightening facet of Satan's culture of death.
"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." Gal 6:7
And not a peep from Congress.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.