News Item: : Another Marian Shrine Pastor Murdered - This Time in Colombia
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Wednesday 25 March 2015 - 09:00:51

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Please pray for Fr. Fernando Meza Luna, pastor of the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Sincelejo, north of Bogota.

Fr. Meza Luna was shot dead during a violent attempted robbery on Saturday night. Some parishioners came and took the wounded priest to Santa Maria Clinic, where he sadly died of his injuries. The shrine pastor had already been the victim of a robbery two months earlier.

Bishop-emeritus of Sincelajo, His Exc Msgr. Orlando Corrales announced: ''With pain and sadness at the death of Fr. Fernando, I ask all priests to pray for him and for his family. I am deeply saddened by his death, and I hope it can be a source of greater unity among priests. Now that we are close to Easter, I invite everyone to raise their voices, asking for respect for life. I express my spiritual closeness in prayer.''

The funeral of Fr. Meza Luna took place in the diocesan Cathedral yesterday.

This is the second brutal murder of a priest at a shrine of Our Lady in as many weeks; only last week we asked readers to pray for Fr. Adolfo Enriquez, who had been murdered at the Shrine of the Virgen del Cristal in Spain - and the shrine's holy image of Our Lady stolen.

The spiritual war being waged by the infernal enemy on the Church, on Our Lady, on the sacred priesthood and on the sacrament of marriage, is being increasingly punctuated by violent manifestations in the temporal sphere. To those who have ears to listen: Stay awake and Pray!

Holy Michael the Archangel - Pray for us!

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