Yes Jane Islam is good - Pope Remembers Priest Who Was Shot Dead by Muslim Turk
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- Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 16:15:42 -0700
Pope Remembers Priest Who Was Shot Dead by Muslim Turk
By Associated Press
April 18, 2006
A D V E R T I S E M E N T
VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI recalled the sacrifice of a cleric slain in
Turkey as the pontiff yesterday celebrated a Holy Week Mass dedicated to
priests.
In his homily, Benedict read a letter written by the Reverend Andrea Santoro
in which the Italian prelate spoke of his willingness to offer his own body
for the sake of preaching Catholicism in largely Muslim Turkey.
Santoro, 60, was shot and killed February 5 while he prayed in his parish in
the Black Sea city of Trabzon. Witnesses said the killer, a 16-year-old boy,
screamed "Allahu Akbar," Arabic for "God is great," before firing two
bullets into Santoro's back.
Benedict quoted Santoro as saying in his letter that he had chosen to live
in Turkey to be among its people, "lending" his body to Christ to do so.
"One becomes capable of salvation only by offering one's own body," Santoro
wrote.
Santoro's slaying occurred at the height of unrest in the Muslim world over
caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad published in Europe. Top church
officials have called Santoro a martyr.
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