Father Andrea Santoro (September 7, 1945 in Priverno - February 5, 2006 in Trabzon) was a Catholic priest who was murdered in the Santa Maria Church in Trabzon, Turkey, where he served as a member of the Catholic church's Fidei donum missionary program. The ministerial orders of the Catholic Church includes both the orders of bishops and presbyters, which in Latin is sacerdos. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Priverno is a town in the Province of Latina, Lazio, Italy. It has a station of the Rome-Naples railway mainline Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Trabzon ( Greek: Τραπεζούντα, Trapezounta) is a city on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey and the capital of The Roman Catholic Church in Turkey is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and Curia in Rome A priest or priestess is a person having the authority or power to administer religious rites in particular rites of sacrifice to and propitiation of a deity or deities Trabzon ( Greek: Τραπεζούντα, Trapezounta) is a city on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey and the capital of Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches A missionary is a member of a Religion who works to convert those who do not share the missionary's faith someone who proselytizes. He was shot dead from behind while kneeling in prayer in the church. A witness heard the perpetrator shouting "Allahu Akbar". The takbīr or takbeer (ar تَكْبِير is the act of saying the phrase, ar الله أكبر [1][2] A 16-year-old high school student was arrested two days after the shooting carrying a 9mm pistol. This article lists Firearm cartridges which have a bullet in the 9 mm ( The student told police he had been influenced by the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy. Police are agents or agencies usually of the executive, empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order through the legitimatized use of force [3] The murder was preceded by massive anti-Christian propaganda in the Turkish popular press. [4] In the three months before his murder, Santoro's telephone – though being a priest – had been tapped by the Turkish police in Trabzon. [5]
On October 10, 2006, the accused Oğuzhan Akdin was sentenced to 18 years and ten months in jail for "premeditated murder" by a court in Ankara. Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after İstanbul. [6] According to the apostolic vicar to Anatolia, Msgr. Anatolia (Anadolu Ανατολία Anatolía) or Asia minor, comprising most of modern Turkey, is the geographic region bounded by the Black Luigi Padovese, neither the killer nor his mother showed any remorse during the trial. She even compared her son to Mehmet Ali Ağca, who tried to assassinate Pope John Paul II in 1981, and said that his deed "was committed in the name of Allah and was a gift to the state and the nation". Mehmet Ali Ağca (born January 9, 1958) is a Turkish Assassin, who shot and wounded Pope John Paul II on May 13, Pope Allah ( Arabic: الله, ʔalˤːɑːh) is the standard Arabic word for ' [7] As the murderer of Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink also came from Trabzon and also under 18 years of age, Turkish police is investigating possible connections between the slayings of Santoro and Dink. Hrant Dink (Հրանդ Տինք həɹɑnt diːnk (September 15 1954 – January 19 2007 was a Turkish-Armenian editor, Journalist and Columnist [8] In October 2007, Turkey's court of appeals affirmed the jail sentence for the teenage killer of Father Santoro. [2]
Pope Benedict XVI recalled his martyrdom during his homily at the Shrine of Meryem Ana Evi (House of the Virgin Mary) in Ephesus on 2006-11-29. Pope Benedict XVI ( Latin: Benedictus PP XVI; Italian: Benedetto XVI; German: Benedikt XVI; born Joseph Alois Ratzinger The term martyr ( Greek μάρτυς martys "witness" is most commonly used today to describe an individual who sacrifices their life (or personal freedom The House of the Virgin Mary ( Turkish: Meryemana or Meryem Ana Evi, "Mother Mary's House" is a Christian Ephesus ( Hittite Apasa; Ancient Greek; Turkish Efes) was a city of ancient Anatolia. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe [9]
At Don Santoro's funeral at the Basilica of St. John Lateran Cardinal Camillo Ruini, the vicar of the Diocese of Rome, mentioned in his homily that the possible beatification process for Don Santoro may be opened after February 2011. The Basilica of St John Lateran ( Italian: Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano) is the Cathedral of the church of Rome and the official Camillo Cardinal Ruini (born February 19, 1931) is an Italian Prelate of the Catholic Church. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2
References
- ^ "Arrestato l'omicida di don Andrea Santoro", Corriere della Sera, February 8, 2006. Corriere della Sera ("Evening Courier" is an Italian daily Newspaper (first in sales) published in Milan.
- ^ a b Reuters: Turkish court upholds sentence for priest's killer, October 4, 2007
- ^ "Murder of priest 'religious revenge'", Independent Online, February 8, 2006. This article is primarily about Reuters prior to its 2008 merger with Thomson
- ^ "Goldenes Kreuz unter der Bluse", Der Spiegel Online, September 17, 2006.
- ^ Santoro vor seinem Tod abgehört. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, February 22, 2008; No 45, p. FAZ Building 2jpg|thumb|300px|right| Editorial department building of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ]]The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (English 6
- ^ MISNA (by SperoNews): Turkey: Boy gets 18 years for murder of priest, October 10, 2006
- ^ Asianews. it: Concerns over the Pope’s visit to Turkey after Father Santoro’s murderer is sentenced, October 11, 2006
- ^ New York Times: Turkish Police Arrest Teenage Suspect in Editor’s Killing, January 20, 2007
- ^ "Apostolic Journey of Pope Benedict to Turkey" (2006-11-29). Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe Retrieved on 2008-02-22. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1495 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the city's throne
External links
- Homily by Andrea Riccardi, founder of the Community of Sant'Egidio in memory of Andrea Santoro
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