{"id":1452196,"date":"2022-04-24T19:14:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-24T23:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1452196"},"modified":"2022-04-24T19:14:39","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T23:14:39","slug":"catholic-priest-nun-injured-in-stabbing-attack-at-french-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/catholic-priest-nun-injured-in-stabbing-attack-at-french-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Priest, Nun Injured In Stabbing Attack At French Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcatholic-priest-nun-injured-in-stabbing-attack-at-french-church%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1452196&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/church.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>A man stabbed a Catholic priest several times and injured a nun at a French church on Sunday after shouting, \u201cWe have to kill Macron.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Both the priest and the nun <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/france-nice-knife-attack-catholic-priest-stabbed-nun-injured\"><span>survived<\/span><\/a><span> the attack, which took place at a church in Nice beside the French Riviera. The motives of the suspect, who was taken into custody by police, are still unclear, although his mental faculties had been under watch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The nun, Sister Marie-Claude, was injured while trying to stop the attacker from stabbing the priest, Father Christophe. Her actions were praised as heroic and she was credited for having \u201cextraordinary courage.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Both were at the \u00c9glise Saint-Pierre-d\u2019Ar\u00e8ne de Nice Catholic Church when the assault unfolded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSpeaking with reporters at the scene, Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi described the suspect as a mentally unstable French national who was born in Fr\u00e9jus, a port town on the C\u00f4te d\u2019Azur in southeastern France,\u201d Fox News reported. \u201cBernard Gonzalez, the prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes department of southeast France, added that according to the preliminary investigation, the suspect had no criminal record and was unknown to police services.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The outlet also noted that the attacker had reportedly been under psychiatric monitoring. Before attacking the priest, the French outlet Le Figaro <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/nice-attack-priest-nun-macron-b2064380.html\">reported<\/a> that the attacker said, \u201cWe have to kill Macron.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI was the first on the scene once I was alerted to the incident by my assistant and the local police,\u201d Estrosi <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/nice-attack-priest-nun-macron-b2064380.html\"><span>told<\/span><\/a><span> reporters. \u201cBoth local and national police were swiftly on the scene together to neutralize the disturbance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Estrosi also provided an update on the status of Father Christophe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI want to thank the emergency services even though the priest is currently in the emergency care unit, he\u2019s being well taken care of and we are in constant contact with him and despite everything he is doing well and is awake and alert,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The attack came the same day as citizens across France <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/french-president-macron-wins-second-term-over-right-wing-candidate-le-pen\"><span>voted<\/span><\/a><span> in the second round of the country\u2019s presidential elections. Incumbent President Emmanuel Macron defeated right-wing challenger Marine Le Pen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cPresident Macron is expected to take 58.2% of the vote to Le Pen\u2019s 41.8%, according to an analysis of voting data by pollsters Ipsos &#038; Sopra Steria conducted for broadcasters France Televisions and Radio France,\u201d CNN <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/europe\/live-news\/macron-le-pen-french-election-results-04-24-22-intl\/index.html\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span> Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Le Pen has conceded to Macron, stating that France missed a chance to make a move for freedom throughout the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cA great wind of freedom could have blown over our country, the fate of the ballot box wanted otherwise,\u201d she said. \u201cI will not abandon the French! Vive la France.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Le Pen favored restrictions on immigration, reducing the country\u2019s connections to NATO, and hoped to introduce a ban on headscarves being worn in public by Muslim women.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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