A pair of suicide bombers blew themselves up outside a 130-year-old church in Pakistan after Sunday [Mass?], killing at least 60 people in the deadliest attack on Christians in recent history…
Two suicide bombers are believed to have entered the All Saints Church after shooting dead police guards, and detonated their explosive vests. Police said 350 members of the congregation were in the church when the bombers struck and that the death toll is expected to increase because many were being treated in hospital are in a critical condition.
Read it all. More on the attack from the Diocese of Peshawar and a message from Bishop Humphrey Peters here
Islam…..the “Religion of Peace”.
May God receive the souls of the dead in Peshawar and comfort the living. May all Muslims see the love of God for them and reject evil and murder.
Christians under real persecution may be comforted to know that they are not alone. Surely, despite all our differences about what it means to be part of the Anglican Communion, we can unite together in a shared expression of support and solidarity for brothers and sisters in this region right now.
Does anyone know in what ways our churches are in fact doing this? Or ways in which individual Christians are doing this?