The Catholic Register Wed, 22 Jan 2025 23:00:52 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Suicide bomb attack disrupts Palm Sunday Mass at Indonesian cathedral /home/international/item/32899-suicide-bomb-attack-disrupts-palm-sunday-mass-at-indonesian-cathedral /home/international/item/32899-suicide-bomb-attack-disrupts-palm-sunday-mass-at-indonesian-cathedral

MAKASSAR, Indonesia -- A suicide bomb attack on a Catholic cathedral compound shattered the calm of Palm Sunday Mass, leaving two bombers dead and at least 20 people wounded.

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cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Mon, 29 Mar 2021 09:56:10 -0400
Indonesian police arrest suspects linked to 2018 church bombings /home/international/item/30121-indonesian-police-arrest-suspects-linked-to-2018-church-bombings /home/international/item/30121-indonesian-police-arrest-suspects-linked-to-2018-church-bombings

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesian police have arrested six terrorist suspects, two of whom have been linked to last year's bombings at three churches in Surabaya, the country's second-largest city.

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cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Wed, 28 Aug 2019 02:21:32 -0400
TorontoöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Tamil Catholics reeling from Sri Lanka bombings /item/29388-toronto-s-tamil-catholics-reeling-from-sri-lanka-bombings /item/29388-toronto-s-tamil-catholics-reeling-from-sri-lanka-bombings

As the death toll hit 321 with an estimated 500 injured, members of TorontoöÏÓãÊÓƵapp large Tamil Catholic community were tracking down friends and relatives who might have been attending Easter Sunday Mass in Sri Lanka when bombs exploded at St. AnthonyöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Shrine in Colombo or St. SebastianöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Church in Negombo.

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mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Tue, 23 Apr 2019 12:54:03 -0400
Philippine church leaders fear suicide bombing may heighten tensions with Muslims /home/international/item/27771-philippine-church-leaders-fear-suicide-bombing-may-heighten-tensions-with-muslims /home/international/item/27771-philippine-church-leaders-fear-suicide-bombing-may-heighten-tensions-with-muslims COTABATO, Philippines – Security forces were placed on full alert in the southern Philippine region of Mindanao following a deadly suicide bomb blast in Basilan province that killed 10 people.
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cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Thu, 02 Aug 2018 15:18:29 -0400
Pakistani church deplores suicide blast at Quetta hospital /home/international/item/22858-pakistani-church-deplores-suicide-blast-at-quetta-hospital /home/international/item/22858-pakistani-church-deplores-suicide-blast-at-quetta-hospital

NEW DELHI – The Catholic Church in Pakistan has condemned a suicide blast at a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan, where at least 70 people – many of them lawyers and journalists – were killed and more than 120 injured.

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International Mon, 08 Aug 2016 11:00:00 -0400
Pope Francis prays for peace following Turkey terrorist attack /home/international/item/22605-pope-prays-for-peace-following-turkey-terrorist-attack /home/international/item/22605-pope-prays-for-peace-following-turkey-terrorist-attack

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis led pilgrims in praying for peace and for the victims of a terrorist attack at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport in Turkey.

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International Wed, 29 Jun 2016 09:49:19 -0400
Suicide bombers hit predominantly Christian Lebanese village near border /home/international/item/22599-suicide-bombers-hit-predominantly-christian-lebanese-village-near-border /home/international/item/22599-suicide-bombers-hit-predominantly-christian-lebanese-village-near-border

BEIRUT – Suicide bombers attacked a predominantly Christian village in northeast Lebanon twice in one day, and residents called on the government to support them, saying Islamic State fighters were holed up on the outskirts of town.

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International Tue, 28 Jun 2016 13:00:00 -0400