Prayers for the dead of Cotabato
I would like to ask everyone to pray for those killed and injured in this terrorist act.
Bomb explodes at Cotabato Cathedral during Mass
MANILA, July 5, 2009— Five people were killed when a bomb exploded Sunday outside a Roman Catholic church packed with worshippers in Cotabato City.
A Christian leader said the attack this morning marked as one of the “saddest days” in the history of the Church in the predominantly Muslim city, about 545 miles south of Manila.
The Immaculate Conception Cathedral was jammed with hundreds of people when the device went off at the early part of the Mass, creating panic as people rushed for the exits.
It was a powerful improvised bomb which had been planted by still unknown perpetrators a meter away from the church’s main gate, reports from the Cotabato City police said.
The explosion occurred around 8:40 a.m. while Cotabato Archbishop Orlando Quevedo was delivering his homily.
Around 35 people were also reportedly wounded in the explosion. (CBCPNews)
Bomb explodes at Cotabato Cathedral during Mass
MANILA, July 5, 2009— Five people were killed when a bomb exploded Sunday outside a Roman Catholic church packed with worshippers in Cotabato City.
A Christian leader said the attack this morning marked as one of the “saddest days” in the history of the Church in the predominantly Muslim city, about 545 miles south of Manila.
The Immaculate Conception Cathedral was jammed with hundreds of people when the device went off at the early part of the Mass, creating panic as people rushed for the exits.
It was a powerful improvised bomb which had been planted by still unknown perpetrators a meter away from the church’s main gate, reports from the Cotabato City police said.
The explosion occurred around 8:40 a.m. while Cotabato Archbishop Orlando Quevedo was delivering his homily.
Around 35 people were also reportedly wounded in the explosion. (CBCPNews)
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posted by Carlos Antonio Palad at 11:51 PM
7 Comments:
May the memory of the victims be eternal.
In ICXC
John
How horrific..hat has the world come to?? Seems like we should heed Humanae Vitae and start poulating the world with good Catholics rooted in traditional doctrine and morals..Enough of extremism in any religion !! A prayer for the suffering of those families..
My prayers for the families of these new martyrs, and for all Catholics in Cotabato.
NC
Eternal rest grant them, O Lord, and may perpetual light shine upon them.
Grant true conversion of heart and soul to the murderers.
May God bless them who have been killed for the faith.
I have seen no coverage of this in Australia.
Imagine, if Christians bombed a mosque, what coverage it would get.
May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace...and may Blessed Mother crush the Head of the Serpent.
Reqiem æternam dona eis, Domine,
et lux perpetua luceat eis.
Requiescant in pace.
Amen.
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