Father Andrea Santoro

Profile: Priest of the vicariate of Rome. Missionary to Turkey in the Fidei Donum program. Murdered in church, reportedly as an anti-Christian attack. Preliminary work is underway on his Cause for Canonization has been introduced, and an examination into his possible martyrdom.
Born: 7 September 1945 in Priverno, Latina, Italy
Died: shot from behind with a 9mm handgun on 5 February 2006 while kneeling in prayer in the Santa Maria Church in Trabzon, Turkey; he was killed by Oguzhan Akdin who was 16 years old at the time and claimed to have been influenced by anti-Christian propaganda and the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoon controversy
Venerated: pending; if you have information relevant to the Cause of Father Andrea, contact
   Associazione Don Andrea Santoro
   Viale delle Provincie, 47
   00162 Roma, ITALY
Additional Information: Corriere della Sera - italiano
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