Twenty killed in explosions during Mass in Philippines cathedral

[mdgspencer]

see https://www.catholicworldreport.com...losions-during-mass-in-philippines-cathedral/

The terrorists used an old terrorist trick. After the first explosion went off, a second bomb went off a little later to kill those escaping and responders to the first explosion.

The bombs were from Muslim terrorists.

(Photo from freemalaysiantoday)

 

[Xarto]

Very sad. They ran away from one bomb and straight into another one. Horrific. RIP

 

[Tis_Bearself]

That’s terrible. I notice the Divine Mercy portrait of Jesus still managed to stay hanging unscathed on the wall. I hope he took the 20 martyrs straight to Heaven.

Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace.
May their souls, and the souls of all the faithful departed, rest in peace. Amen.

And may Jesus heal all the injured, comfort all the families of the deceased, and may the people who did this terrible thing repent and turn to God before it’s too late.

 

[Victoria33]

Amazing observation, now that one does deserve a like.

 

[Victoria33]

They say something like this “region” voted about 10 days ago for an autonomous Islamic state there in the Philippines. Obviously, very problematic. The vote won, so this shows us, Philippines is an overwhelmingly Catholic country, maybe 80% or more… and then, these kinds of things happen as well and this is in the Southern part, the Muslims part, Mindanao is a region there. These are vague details, it’s something like this though.

Adding on:

Philippines voters back self-rule in Muslim-majority region in Mindanao | The National

Government hopes creation of Bangsamoro autonomous region will end decades of insurgency

www.thenationalnews.com

It’s certainly very tragic. Apparently, they are experiencing some flooding there at the moment.

Deadly weather: 2 dead, thousands displaced in Mindanao

DAVAO CITY — Two people have died and another was missing as flooding and landslides hit a large part of southern Mindanao due to continuing rains brought by a cold front over the region starting on Saturday, disaster and local officials on Sunday said.

newsinfo.inquirer.net

I think Mindanao probably has some US/World War II history to it. I should know this better.