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| Pope Shocked by 'Diabolical' Attack on Yemen Care Home |
| 2016-03-06 |
| [An Nahar] Pope Francis has slammed as "diabolical" an attack on an elderly care home in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... in which at least 16 people were killed, including four nuns, the Vatican said Saturday. "His Holiness Pope Francis was shocked and profoundly saddened to learn of the killing of four Missionaries of Charity (nuns) and 12 others at a home for the elderly in Aden," the Vatican's Secretary of State Pietro Parolin said. "He sends the assurance of his prayers for the dead and his spiritual closeness to their families and to all affected from this act of senseless and diabolical violence," Cardinal Parolin said in a statement. Four gunnies stormed the facility housing dozens in Aden's Sheikh Othman district on Friday, killing a guard before tying up and shooting employees, security officials told Agence La Belle France Presse. Screams of elderly residents echoed from the home during the shooting rampage, witnesses said. Among the dead were four foreign nuns working as nurses. While security officials initially said they were Indian, the Vatican missionary news agency Fides later identified them as two Rwandans, a Kenyan and an Indian, adding that the mother superior managed to hide and survive. The Argentine pontiff "prays that this pointless slaughter will awaken consciences, lead to a change of heart, and inspire all parties to lay down their arms and take up the path of dialogue," Parolin said. "He calls upon all parties in the present conflict to renounce violence, and to renew their commitment to the people of Yemen, particularly those most in need, whom the sisters and their helpers sought to serve," he added. No group grabbed credit for Friday's attack, the first of its kind in Yemen, where the internationally-recognised government is grappling with an Iran-backed rebellion on one side and a growing jihadist presence on the other. One official said the attackers were "extremists" and blamed the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group, which has been gaining ground in Aden in recent months. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 "Step down from my seat of St. Peter?" "You're such an incredible leader, Our needs and your talents Might be more in balance If you were head Vatican greeter!" |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2016-03-06 20:35 |
| #4 #3 Worst Pope EVER! This Pontifex Maximus itches His flock should relinquish its britches: "It's awfully religious, This building of bridges For Muslims to Christendom's riches." |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2016-03-06 20:31 |
| #3 Worst Pope EVER! |
| Posted by: Thumper Smiter of the Swedes8842 2016-03-06 18:16 |
| #2 These are the people you think you can 'deal' with (cause as demonstrated they can't live with you). |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-03-06 08:17 |
| #1 |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-03-06 02:24 |