Pope says he was greatly pained by killing of French priest
Vatican City Reuters Pope Francis said on Wednesday that he was greatly pained by the killing of a French priest, allegedly by a Rwandan immigrant already under investigation for setting the Nantes cathedral on fire last year. Father Olivier Maire, 60, head of the Montfortain Missionary Order at Saint-Laurent-sur-Sevre, was found dead in a room […]
Updated: French priest killed by cathedral fire suspect – minister
Updated 8.45am, 10th August (AEST)Paris, FranceAP A priest was killed Monday in a small town in western France allegedly by a Rwandan man he had housed who was already under investigation for setting a fire to the Cathedral of Nantes a year ago, France’s interior minister said. Interior Minister Gerard Darmanin spoke after meeting with […]
For French Catholics, arson at Nantes cathedral shows their religion is under attack
Vatican City RNS For French Catholics, the recent fire at the cathedral of Nantes is yet another sign that their religion is in danger. Over the past week, they’ve felt both anger and profound sadness after seeing another beloved cathedral in flames, only to learn that the fire was deliberately set by one of their […]