Tag: French church

Christians and Muslims to mourn murdered French priest

Muslim and Christian groups will hold vigils Saturday for a French priest murdered by militants in his church, as police charged a man in connection with...

France church attackers ‘smiled’ and spoke of Quran

One of the militants who murdered an elderly French priest smiled as he carried out the attack, and nuns who witnessed the grisly murder...

French religious leaders call for reinforced security after church attack

French religious leaders on Wednesday called for authorities to boost security at places of worship after extremists killed a priest in a Normandy church. “We...

Elderly priest killed in French church, two attackers ‘neutralised’

A priest in his mid-80s was killed with a knife and another hostage seriously wounded on Tuesday in an attack on a church in...