{"id":11531,"date":"2016-09-17T22:53:58","date_gmt":"2016-09-17T22:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=11531"},"modified":"2016-09-17T22:53:58","modified_gmt":"2016-09-17T22:53:58","slug":"pope-francis-killing-in-the-name-of-god-is-satanic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=11531","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis: Killing &#8216;in the Name of God is Satanic&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Pope Frances urged religious leaders on Wednesday to tell their followers that any killing carried out in the name of God is &#8220;satanic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The pontiff made the remarks during a Mass honoring Jacques Hamel, an 85-year-old priest murdered by ISIS-supporting teenagers who stormed his church in northern France in July.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Killing in the name of God is satanic,&#8221; the pope told the ceremony in the Vatican&#8217;s Domus Santa Marthae chapel. &#8220;I would like it if all religions said this, &#8216;To kill in the name of God is satanic.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=10604&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dozens pilgrims from France attended the Mass.<\/p>\n<p>Adel Kermiche and Abdel-Malik Nabil Petitjean, both 19, stormed the church in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray on July 26 and took six people hostage: Hamel, three nuns and an elderly couple.<\/p>\n<p>They forced the priest to his knees and slit his throat while performing a &#8220;sort of sermon around the altar in Arabic,&#8221; one of the nuns told France&#8217;s BFMTV at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Police shot both attackers dead as they ran out of the church shouting &#8220;Allahu Akbar,&#8221; according to French officials.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the middle of the difficult moment that he was facing, in the middle of this tragedy that he saw coming, a gentle man, a good man, a man of brotherly love, did not lose the lucidity to accuse and say clearly the name of the assassin,&#8221; the pope said on Wednesday, describing the priest&#8217;s final moments. &#8220;He said very clearly, &#8216;Go away Satan.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/pope.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11364\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/pope.jpg\" alt=\"pope\" width=\"266\" height=\"189\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Alayo-2-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11240\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Alayo-2-1-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"Alayo 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Alayo-2-1-300x250.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Alayo-2-1.jpg 559w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The pope also indicated that the priest could be on his way to beatification, the first step to sainthood.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He accepted his martyrdom there on the altar of Christ,&#8221; he added. &#8220;He gave his life for us so as not to deny Jesus. 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