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'''Zamboanga''' is a Catholic shrine to [[Mary]] erected in 1910  on Mindanao by Austrian colonists, which is a southern island in the Philippines.  Christians would pray at this shrine to seek divine intervention in their ongoing struggle with the Moslem Moros, who lived nearby in Zamboanga.

'''Zamboanga''' is a Catholic shrine to [[Mary]] erected in 1910  on Mindanao by Austrian colonists, which is a southern island in the Philippines.   

Each year the Moros would choose someone to infiltrate the crowd of Christian worshipers who gathered around the shrine on a holy day, in order to kill as many Christians as possible.<ref>John A. Hardon, S.J., ''Modern Catholic Dictionary'', p. 573 (1980).[http://www.therealpresence.org/archives/Mariology/Mariology_034.htm]</ref><ref>http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15747a.htm</ref> The chosen Moros would then accept death himself if captured.

{{quotation|Christians would come to pray at this shrine to invoke Mary's help to subdue the fierce hatred of the Moslem Moros who lived near Zamboanga. These natives sent each year a chosen Moro into the Christian crowd that came to celebrate their holy day near the shrine, commissioning him to kill as many Christians as he could, being ready to die himself as a result of his act if captured.<ref>John A. Hardon, S.J., ''Modern Catholic Dictionary'', p. 573 (1980).[http://www.therealpresence.org/archives/Mariology/Mariology_034.htm]</ref>}}

 

<ref>http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15747a.htm</ref>

In 1932 a Moro infiltrator managed to kill 73 colonists, it is the bloodiest massacre on the island to date.

In 1932 a Moro infiltrator managed to kill 73 colonists, it is the bloodiest massacre on the island to date.