Terrorism Archives

At least eight dead in shooting spree during Sunday Mass in Nigeria
- Global Church
- August 6, 2017
“Tens” of people were either killed or injured in the early hours of Sunday morning in Nigeria when a shooting spree broke out at a Catholic church during the 6:00 a.m. Mass. Police sources stressed the incident was not carried out by the radical Islamic group Boko Haram, but was instead rooted in a local dispute.
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Statement says feminist group behind Mexico bishops bombing
- Associated Press, Global Church
- July 27, 2017
In a statement published on an anti-establishment website, radical feminists claimed responsibility for Tuesday’s bombing at Mexico’s Roman Catholic Council of Bishops. The alleged culprits said the attack was in response to “every torture and murder” made in the name of God.
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Recalling priest’s murder, Archbishop says ‘Father Hamel is still alive’
- Global Church
- July 26, 2017
During an anniversary Mass on Wednesday at the small Church of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, where Father Jacques Hamel was killed by having his throat slit on July 26, 2016, by two 19-year-old Muslim terrorists, Archbishop Dominique Lebrun of Rouen said, “Though he is dead, Father Jacques Hamel is still alive.” The Mass was attended by several French dignitaries, including President Emmanuel Macron.
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Churches provide refuge to Kenyans fleeing al-Shabab attacks

Extremist al-Shabab militants are allegedly terrifying thousand of Kenyans, the majority Christians, who have taken refuge in two churches and a school near the Somali border. Church leaders in the country speculate that the attackers are trying to influence the outcome of the upcoming elections by eliminating those who would oppose a strict form of Shariah, Islamic law.

In Jericho, new Franciscan youth center offers chance to meet ‘the other’

The Franciscan center in the Muslim-majority town of Jericho, West Bank, offers free courses in English, art, theater, computers and sports in the hopes of creating a place of social encounter and education toward peace by exposing the youth to different cultural and social ideas and norms.

Yemen’s foreign minister says kidnapped Salesian is still alive

Father Thomas Uzhunnalil was kidnapped March 4, 2016, after suspected Islamic terrorists stormed a home for elderly people managed by the Missionaries of Charity nuns in the port city of Aden. The assailants shot dead 16 people, including four nuns, before kidnapping the priest, who served as chaplain of the house.