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.
We pray for him, as we must indeed all, but I would like to think that he needs our prayers less than most, although we are not to judge someone's eternal destiny, of course.
What is certain is that Fr. Peter Carota helped many a people grow in the faith, myself included, and for that those he enlightened will be ever grateful to him.