It isn't an emphasis. It is simple non-Christianity. We've been worrying that Pope Francis isn't Catholic. The Bear must wonder if he is even Christian.
A Catholic priest is slain saying Mass, by Mohammedans. This happens not in Egypt, or Syria, or any number of Muslim countries but in France, the oldest daughter of the Church, and a country with an overwhelming majority of self-professed Catholics - at least going by baptism numbers.