May 4, 2012

Al-Qaida's Next Target: Catholics

Michael Kelly, Catholic News Service

DUBLIN (CNS) -- A U.S. al-Qaida official concluded that Catholics were "fertile ground" for conversion, "particularly after the rage expanding against the mother church (Vatican) as a result of its scandals and policies refused by many of its public."
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