20 May 2018

20May18 ATTACKS ON INDONESIAN CHURCHES



ATTACKS ON INDONESIAN CHURCHES
ABC News reports last week stated that Indonesian police claimed the suicide bombers who attacked three Christian churches in Surabaya were all members of one family. At least 13 people were killed and more than 40 injured when the group targeted Sunday church congregations in the country's second-largest city.

PROTEST IN NIGERIA
Nigeria's Catholic bishops will hit the streets to protest the killing of more than 100 Christians by Islamic Fulani herdsmen in northern Nigeria this year thus far. The protest will take place on May 22nd in Makurdi, the capital of Benue state, where two murdered priests will be buried on the same day, according to Crux Now.

ROYAL WEDDING
Prince Harry and former U.S. actress Meghan Markle invited Bishop Michael Curry, the first African American to preside over the Episcopal Church and who defends same-sex marriage, to deliver a sermon at their wedding. Presiding Bishop Curry, from Chicago Illinois, travelled to Windsor to take part in the Service. He joined The Dean of Windsor, The Rt. Revd. David Conner, who conducted the Service. The Most Revd. and Rt. Hon. Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, officiated as the couple made their marriage vows.