Card. Gracias condemns Manchester bomb attack
Indian Cardinal Oswald Gracias has condemned late Monday’s
suicide bomb attack at a concert in Manchester, England, as “senseless
violence”. The blast that took place as U.S. singer Ariana Grande was
ending her concert at an arena in Manchester, killing at least 22 people and
injured many more. "I am deeply pained by the attack on the innocent
people in Manchester most of them who were young people and many were
children,” the cardinal, Archbishop of Bombay and president of the Federation
of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC) said in a statement to AsiaNews. “We pray
for them and entrust our innocent victims to the Merciful Love of God.”
Numerous leaders from across the world, including Pope
Francis, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have
condemned the terrorist attack expressing their closeness with the injured and
the families of the deceased.
“This senseless violence snatched away so many lives,”
Card. Gracias grieved, adding, “the Church in Asia mourns the loss of lives,
our hearts grieve with the families and we pray that God consoles them.”
While entrusting to “the mercy of God the innocent victims of this tragedy,”
the Indian cardinal prayed for the injured. “We renew our call for prayer
for peace to Our Lady of Fatima, that the prayer for peace may arise in our
hearts in the struggle between good and evil. Let us pray ever more fervently for
Peace in our World”.
Card. Gracias prayed that through the intercession of Our
Lady of Fatima, God may touch the hearts of those who have perpetrated this
violence. However, he said, “We must never lose our hope for peace; evil
never conquers anything; peace is the only answer - peace, which is a
gift of God. Let us all Prayer for Peace,” the cardinal urged.
(Source: AsiaNews)
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