While the world watched in horror as the terrorist attacks in Paris unfolded, even deadlier attacks were taking place in Baga, Nigeria where an estimated 2,000 people – mostly women, children, and the elderly – were slaughtered by the violent Muslim terrorist group known as Boko Haram.
Pope Francis arrived in Sri Lanka today to a thunderous welcome from the faithful and dignitaries and told the crowds that he came to “meet, encourage and pray with the Catholic people of this island.”
The remaining staff of the satirical French newspaper that lost nine employees last week in the worst terrorist attack on France in years say they are not only planning to publish a paper this week, but it will contain cartoon images of the Prophet Mohammed because that’s just what they do.
During his annual foreign policy address to Vatican-based ambassadors, Pope Francis called for a united response from the international community against the kind of terrorism that inspired the killings of 17 people in Paris last week, saying the attackers were enslaved by “deviant forms of religion”.
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