Churchgoers pay respects to Christchurch shooting victims after multi-faith city service cancelled

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Worshippers come together at a Christchurch cathedral after a multi-faith church service due to be held in the city is cancelled on security grounds in the wake of the deadly mosque shootings.

"The police asked us to refrain and do that later because it just wouldn't be helpful at this time because they're so busy," Anglican Dean Laurence Kimberley said.

"I think that it's really important that the Christian community makes a statement and that statement needs to be a counter narrative that's about love, compassion and reaching out to our Muslim brothers and sisters to say that we stand with them," he said.

 

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What a nice & beautiful gesture... Love will conquer the world over hate soon! Can anyone please explain what is this “Kia Kaha”! Seen it number of placards & tweets, not sure about significance of it! 🤔

Collective greiving and candles...here we go again. Where is the greiving for our first people's 2year Olds being raped by family and given STD AND WOMEN BEING RAPED AND. ASSULTED DAILY. THE LEFT: nothing to see here? Virtue signalling at its pathetic best Hipocracy 101

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