‘To kill in God’s name is grave sacrilege’
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The Synod of bishops of the Catholic Church has emphasised that killing in God’s name is grave sacrilege.
This position was part of the message of the Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, held at the Vatican City, which emphasisied, among other sundry issues, the need to show concern for families who were victims of conflict.
According to the release, made available during the week, the Synod Fathers expressed “profound closeness to all the families who suffer as a consequence of the many conflicts in progress,” while praying in particular for Iraqi and Syrian families, who are “forced on account of their profession of the Christian faith or their belonging to other ethnic or religious communities, to abandon everything and flee towards a future without any form of certainty.”
Further emphasizing the Pope’s admonition against using the name of God to commit violence, the Synod expressed their gratitude to “to international organisations and countries for their solidarity and reiterated the need for “invite persons of good will to offer the necessary assistance and aid to the innocent victims of the current barbarism, and at the same time we implore the international community to act to re-establish peaceful co-existence in Iraq, in Syria, and in all the Middle East.”
While assuring families torn apart by incessant families that they will be remembered in steadfast prayers, the message concluded with “May the Holy Family of Nazareth, which suffered on the painful road of exile make every family a community of love and reconciliation a source of hope for the whole world.”
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