In Christmas sermon,Justin Welby calls Islamic State a ‘Herod of today’ destroying Christianity in its birthplace
An Islamic State “apocalypse” has left Christianity facing elimination in the very region where the faith was born two millennia ago, according to the archbishop of Canterbury.
Justin Welby will utilize his Christmas Day sermon to brand the extremist group as “a Herod of today” – a reference to the biblical despotic king of Judea at the time of Jesus’s birth. Related: Pope Francis attacks consumerist society in midnight mass at Vatican Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com