Pope Francis condemns Cairo terror attack on Coptic
church
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis condemned the terror attack on
a Coptic church dedicated to St. George – Mar Girgis – in the
city of Tanta, north of Cairo, which killed at least 21 people and injured
nearly 60 others.
“[W]e pray for the victims claimed this [Sunday] morning,”
Pope Francis said in remarks to the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square to
pray the Angelus with him following Palm Sunday Mass.
“To my dear brother, His Holiness Pope Tawadros II,” Pope
Francis continued, “to the Coptic Church and to all the dear Egyptian
nation I express my deep condolences. I pray for the dead and the injured, and
I am close in spirit to the family members [of the deceased and injured] and to
the entire community.”
Pope Francis went on to pray, “May the Lord convert the
hearts of the people who are sowing terror, violence and death, and also the
hearts of those who make and traffic weapons.”
Pope Francis is scheduled to visit Cairo at the end of this
month.
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