PARIS — French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo published a special edition on Wednesday a year after a jihadist attack wiped out most of its staff, prompting protests from the Vatican over a cover lampooning God in typical Charlie fashion.The special edition features a bloodstained, bearded God figure in sandals with a Kalashnikov slung over his shoulder under the headline: "One year on: the killer is still at large." The Vatican criticised the cover for failing to "acknowledge, or to respect believers’ faith in God, regardless of the religion"."Behind the deceptive flag of uncompromising secularism, the weekly is forgetting once more what religious leaders of every faith unceasingly repeat, to reject violence in the name of religion — using God to justify hatred — is a genuine blasphemy, as Pope Francis has said several times."The provocative cover is typical of the fiercely secular publication whose drawings of the Prophet Mohammed drew the fury of Muslims around the world and insp...
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