Religion & Law

I'm surprised that this horrifying incident is not being covered and discussed more widely (or maybe I'm just missing it).  The New York Times reported, a few days ago, that 58 people were killed, in the Our Lady of Salvation Church in Baghdad, in "the worst massacre of Iraqi Christians since the war began here in 2003":

Knots of survivors, as well as their friends and relatives, stood in the street amid bullet casings and bandage wrappers, some of them crying. The Rev. Meyassr al-Qasboutros, a priest, was among them. His cousin, Wassim Sabih, was one of the two priests killed. Survivors said Father Sabih was pushed to the ground as he grasped a crucifix and pleaded with the gunmen to spare the worshipers.

He was then killed, his body riddled with bullets.

?We must die here,? Father Qasboutros said defiantly. ?We can?t leave this country.?

Here is more from NCR, Reuters, and First Things.