Vatican denounces 'blasphemous' Charlie Hebdo cover

c. 2016 Religion News Service

VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican’s newspaper on Wednesday (January 6) criticized French weekly Charlie Hebdo for manipulating faith in the magazine’s latest front page, which depicts a blood-soaked God armed with a Kalashnikov.

The controversial cover commemorates a year since the terrorist attack against Charlie Hebdo’s Paris headquarters, which left 12 people dead and led to a global debate on religious extremism and freedom of speech.