POPE DEPLORES TERRORIST ATTACK IN MADRID

VATICAN CITY, JAN 23, 2000 (VIS) - "While cordially greeting the Spanish-language pilgrims," said John Paul II in remarks following the angelus prayer today, "I wish to express my deep pain for the news of last Friday's terrorist attack in the capital of Spain, which cost the life of a servant of the State and ended 15 months which had given cause for hope."

"With all my energy I deplore this execrable act, which greatly endangers the efforts of those who seek just and peaceful solutions for coexistence. I ask the Lord to convert those who use or believe in terror to impose their ideas, and for harmony among all citizens of the dear Spanish people."

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