{"id":52743,"date":"2025-06-30T15:30:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T15:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=52743"},"modified":"2025-07-02T09:07:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:07:21","slug":"pope-leo-xiv-deeply-saddened-by-islamist-attack-on-a-church-in-damascus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/pope-leo-xiv-deeply-saddened-by-islamist-attack-on-a-church-in-damascus\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo XIV \u2018deeply saddened\u2019 by Islamist attack on a church in Damascus"},"content":{"rendered":"
This entry is part 1 of 14 in the series Islam: Satan's Religion<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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\n Pope Leo XIV waves to those gathered for Mass on the solemnity of Corpus Christi on Sunday, June 22, 2025, in Rome. \/ Credit: Vatican Media<\/span>\n<\/div>\n

ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 24, 2025 \/ 14:47 pm (CNA).<\/p>\n

Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday said he was \u201cdeeply saddened\u201d by the terrorist attack on a church in Damascus, Syria, and assured his prayers for those mourning the 25 people who were killed.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, June 22, the solemnity of Corpus Christi, eyewitnesses reported that two armed men stormed the Greek Orthodox Church<\/a> of St. Elias in Douailah on the outskirts of the Syrian capital.<\/p>\n

One of them remained outside, firing at worshippers and into the church\u2019s stained-glass windows, eyewitnesses said, while the second tried to enter the church and detonate a grenade, according to ACI MENA, CNA\u2019s Arabic-language news partner.<\/p>\n

Two parishioners intervened and managed to wrestle the explosive device away from the second man, preventing an immediate detonation. However, while being dragged outside, the attacker activated his suicide belt, resulting in a massive explosion.<\/p>\n

The attack left at least 25 dead and a total of 63 wounded.<\/p>\n

The Holy See Press Office released a telegram of condolence from Pope Leo XIV on June 24 signed by Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin.<\/p>\n

In the message, the pontiff expressed his profound sadness after receiving news of \u201cthe loss of life and the destruction caused by the attack on the Greek Orthodox Church of Mar Elias in Damascus.\u201d<\/p>\n

In light of the brutal attack, the first since the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, the Holy Father also expressed \u201chis heartfelt solidarity with all those affected.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn entrusting the souls of the deceased to the loving mercy of our heavenly Father, His Holiness likewise prays for those who mourn their loss,\u201d the telegram read.<\/p>\n

Leo XIV also assured his prayers \u201cfor the recovery of the injured\u201d and invoked \u201cthe Almighty\u2019s gifts of consolation, healing, and peace upon the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Esta historia <\/em>fue publicada originalmente <\/em><\/a>por ACI Prensa, socio de noticias en espa\u00f1ol de CNA. Ha sido traducida y adaptada por CNA.<\/em><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/264971\/pope-leo-xiv-deeply-saddened-by-islamist-attack-on-a-church-in-damascus<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This entry is part 1 of 14 in the series Islam: Satan's Religion<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Pope Leo XIV waves to those gathered for Mass on the solemnity of Corpus Christi on Sunday, June 22, 2025, in Rome. \/ Credit: Vatican Media ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 24, 2025 \/ 14:47 pm (CNA). Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday said he was \u201cdeeply saddened\u201d by the terrorist attack on a church in Damascus, [\u2026]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":52741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[1064],"tags":[],"series":[1057],"class_list":["post-52743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islam","series-islam-satans-religion"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CNA_LOGOredblk-163.png?fit=2692%2C752&quality=69&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"mfb_rest_fields":["title","jetpack_publicize_connections","jetpack_featured_media_url","jetpack-related-posts","jetpack_sharing_enabled"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52743"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=52743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}