Pope offers prayers for victims of Turkey bomb attack
(Vatican Radio) Pope
Francis on Sunday offered prayers for the victims of Saturday’s bombing in
southern Turkey. At least 50 people were killed when a suspected suicide
bomber detonated his explosives among people at a wedding party in the southern
Turkish city of Gaziantep. Women and children were among those killed.
Turkish President Tayyip
Erdogan said it was likely that so-called Islamic State militants carried out
the late-night attack.
Speaking after the recitation
of the Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis said, “Sad news has
reached me about the bloody attack” that was carried out yesterday in “dear
Turkey.” “Let us pray for the victims, for the dead and the injured, and
we ask for the gift of peace for all,” the Pope said, leading pilgrims present
in the square in the recitation of the Hail Mary prayer.
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