ISIS Claims Terrorist Attack at a Catholic Sunday Mass in the Philippines | EWTN News Nightly

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At least 4 people are dead after a bomb ripped through a Sunday Mass at a university in the Philippines. Officials say around 50 people were taken to the hospital. Several are fighting for their lives. ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack in the Southern Philippines. Military officials say the attack could have been retaliation for air strikes that killed 11 suspected Islamic militants. Founder of Lopez Liberty LLC, Clare Lopez, joins to tell us more about the Islamic State and its presence in the Philippines, a predominately Catholic country. Bishop Edwin Angot De La Pena of Marawi, where the bombing took place, said of the attack in part, "They hit us in the heart, that is during the Eucharist, the highest moment of our faith." Clare talks to us about the motivation behind this attack and the psychological impact of carrying it out during Mass, our most sacred time of worship as Catholics. Lopez shares why she thinks ISIS carried out this attack in the Philippines and why now. ------------ EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf