Catholic parishioners in Mozambique have not too long ago shared tales of violence and killings perpetrated in opposition to them by Muslims for daring to talk out about their Christian religion.
Catholics in Chipene, Nampulam, a province in northern Mozambique, instructed ACI Africa that they spoke to a delegation from the Episcopal Convention of Mozambique (CEM) with disturbing accounts of how lethal the continuing insurgency by militant Islamists within the area is for Christians.
They shared particulars of the killing of Sr. Maria Di Coppi, an 84-year-old Italian Comboni missionary sister who ministered to malnourished and orphaned kids practically 60 years after she was shot and killed by rebels who attacked the Comboni mission in Chipene, Mozambique. Diocese of Nacala.
After the killing of Sr. Maria, the terrorists vandalized the church and set fireplace to the home of the sisters and the home of the clergymen. They then set fireplace to the home the place Sr. Maria cared for orphaned and malnourished kids.
Because the rebels handed by way of Nantucket, they requested Silvano Valentin about his faith, to which he proudly affirmed his Christianity. The terrorists requested him to take a seat down, and he was beheaded, in accordance with those that spoke to ACI Africa.
When the Islamists moved into Tataolo, they pressured the locals to divide into teams of women and men in addition to Muslims and Christians.
When the Islamists reached Tataolo, they requested the locals to divide into teams of women and men in addition to Muslims and Christians.
“When the primary three Christians bravely got here ahead, they have been sure and beheaded,” recounted one parishioner.
“After they have been killing the primary named Francisco Remo, baptized and married within the Church with 9 kids, they positioned the E-book of Liturgy (masu apbia) on his chest. The second, generally known as Celestino Santos Mitupia, was baptized, married in a church, fathered seven kids and was a catechist and saved the Bible on his chest. The third, named Silva Antonio, was a catechumen and father of two kids, who got the third stage catechism,” the parishioners recounted.
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Talking to Mozambican bishops who visited parishes that confronted the insurgency that erupted in neighboring Cabo Delgado province in 2018, parishioners, who spoke on situation of anonymity for safety causes, mentioned that Mozambican Christians have suffered horrible persecution and that these killed are martyrs of the nation.
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“Since these males and others whom we talked about earlier have been killed in hatred of the religion, we consider that they’re our martyrs who didn’t refuse to testify to their religion and gave their lives courageously,” learn the assertion {that a} parishioner learn to the bishops who on June 2 visited that Catholic group.
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