Sonny Bill Williams says he is "praying" for a Sydney bishop who was stabbed to death on Monday night as Australia reels from a second horrific attack in just a few days.Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was preaching at Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley, western Sydney, shortly after 7pm on Monday when a man wearing a dark hoodie walked up to the altar and stabbed him multiple times.Horrific footage of the incident, streamed live on the church's YouTube page, shows Bishop Emmanuel looking up in...
As many as 1,000 furious locals gathered outside the Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley, in Sydney 's west, from about 7pm on Monday after Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuael was attacked.
New South Wales police arrested a 15-year-old male after he attacked an Assyrian Orthodox church congregation with a knife in Sydney on Monday, 15 April.
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Police are hunting for as many as 50 people involved in a violent riot after a bishop’s stabbing at a western Sydney church while investigators wait to speak with the teen allegedly responsible for the attack. The stabbing victim, Assyrian church bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel, has spoken publicly for the first time after the alleged […]
Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel tells his supporters ‘to act Christlike’
Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel also appealed for the community to stay calm after the alleged terror attack.
A 15-year-old boy has been arrested after a bishop and several churchgoers
Bishop Joseph Strickland reacts to the Vatican mismanagement of high-profile cases that is rooted in today’s tendency to avoid sin. Avoiding sin is not the compassionate response to those in need of repentance and healing or is it the way to begin much-needed reform. Bishop Strickland asks out loud, “Do we believe that Judas Iscariot did a terrible thing and really betrayed the Lord?” This question is important now more than ever as we consider modern-day betrayals by other Judas figures in...
Man charged over alleged involvement in incidents outside Assyrian Christ the Good Shepherd church in WakeleyGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA second person has been charged with rioting outside a Sydney church after the stabbing of bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel on Monday.A man from Fairfield Heights in western Sydney was charged on Friday with riot and “threaten violence, cause fear” after he was allegedly involved in wild scenes outside the Assyrian Christ...
A 16-year-old boy accused of stabbing two Christian clerics during a Sydney church service has been charged by police with terrorism offenses
By MARK BAKER and KEIRAN SMITH Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — A 16-year-old boy accused of stabbing two Christian clerics during a Sydney church service has been charged by police with terrorism offenses. Authorities said the stabbing was declared a terrorist act because of the teen’s suspected religious motivation and that the boy traveled up