Posts Tagged ‘Priest murdered’

Four convicted in Islamic State killing of French priest

Monday, March 14th, 2022

Four men were convicted in Paris of terrorist conspiracy after the murder of a Catholic priest in a Normandy church in 2016, an attack claimed by the Islamic State group. The four were handed sentences of between eight years and life in prison over the attack on Father Jacques Hamel, 85. Fr Hamel was stabbed Read more

Priest, a seminary rector, slain in El Salvador

Monday, August 10th, 2020

A Roman Catholic priest has been shot to death along a road in El Salvador and church authorities on Saturday called for an investigation into the slaying. The church celebrated a Mass on Saturday for the Rev. Ricardo Antonio Cortez, who was rector at the seminary named for recently canonized Oscar Arnulfo Romero in the Read more