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(OSV News) — Catholic bishops have expressed shock and promised prayers as Slovakia‘s Prime Minister Robert Fico fights for his life after being shot multiple times May 15.
Fico was attacked while leaving a government gathering in the central town of Handlova, Slovakia, located some 125 miles east of the nation’s capital, Bratislava.
Police have detained an unnamed 71-year-old suspect, whose motive is not yet known.
“We condemn this act of violence, we pray for the recovery of Prime Minister Robert Fico and we invite everyone to unite in prayer for this purpose,” said Slovakia’s Greek Catholic bishops in a May 15 statement. “Such (an) injustice and attack on a public official is absolutely unacceptable from a human and Christian point of view and points to our inability to respect different opinions and conduct dialogue in a civilized manner.”
Archbishop Stanislav Zvolenský of the Latin Catholic Archdiocese of Bratislava said in a May 15 statement posted to the archdiocese’s Facebook page that he would pray for Fico’s “salvation (from death) and healing.”
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The archbishop announced that on Pentecost (May 19), “the feast of the sending of the Holy Spirit,” he planned to celebrate Mass during the national spring pilgrimage to the Basilica of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows in the town of Sastin, and would offer the liturgy “for peace in Slovakia, so that we can open ourselves to the action of God’s Holy Spiritand mutual respect through the intercession of our Patroness of the Seven Sorrows.”
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Fico was attacked while leaving a government gathering in the central town of Handlova, Slovakia, located some 125 miles east of the nation’s capital, Bratislava.
Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico sustains critical injuries
According to media reports, Fico sustained critical injuries to his abdomen, arm and leg. He was airlifted to the hospital and transferred again by air to a second facility.Police have detained an unnamed 71-year-old suspect, whose motive is not yet known.
“We condemn this act of violence, we pray for the recovery of Prime Minister Robert Fico and we invite everyone to unite in prayer for this purpose,” said Slovakia’s Greek Catholic bishops in a May 15 statement. “Such (an) injustice and attack on a public official is absolutely unacceptable from a human and Christian point of view and points to our inability to respect different opinions and conduct dialogue in a civilized manner.”
Archbishop Stanislav Zvolenský of the Latin Catholic Archdiocese of Bratislava said in a May 15 statement posted to the archdiocese’s Facebook page that he would pray for Fico’s “salvation (from death) and healing.”
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The archbishop announced that on Pentecost (May 19), “the feast of the sending of the Holy Spirit,” he planned to celebrate Mass during the national spring pilgrimage to the Basilica of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows in the town of Sastin, and would offer the liturgy “for peace in Slovakia, so that we can open ourselves to the action of God’s Holy Spiritand mutual respect through the intercession of our Patroness of the Seven Sorrows.”
Concerns expressed by Vatican Secretary of State
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Bishops respond with shock, prayer after Slovak prime minister shot
Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico fights for his life after being shot multiple times May 15.
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