Churches Condemn Christian Murders

CHURCHES CONDEMN CHRISTIAN MURDERS

Press TV, Iran
April 20 2007

The murder of three Christian evangelists in Turkey this week was
condemned by the Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches on Friday.

The three killed were members of an evangelist Protestant community
who were tortured, questioned, and killed in the eastern Turkish town
of Malatya.

The churches called the murders a "mad act" and "a violation of
religious freedoms".

Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican’s secretary of state, said
"I think all Turkish people have condemned this mad act, the work of
a fanatical minority," and referred to the victims as martyrs.

The Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church on Friday condemned the
murders and referred to the act as a "violation of religious freedoms".

The church also stated the killings might have religious and political
motives behind them and referred to the murder of a Catholic priest
and January’s killing of an Armenian journalist.

Ten murder suspects were questioned by the police on Friday.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS