Vatican City, 8 January 2014 (VIS) –
This morning in the Sanctae Marthae Chapel the Holy Father celebrated
Mass for the victims of the attack in Paris yesterday, in which
twelve people were killed and several were seriously injured. “The
attack makes us think of great cruelty, human cruelty; of such
terrorism, both isolated terrorism and state terrorism. The cruelty
of which man is capable! Let us pray, in this Mass, for the victims
of this cruelty. So many of them! And let us also pray for those who
perform these cruel acts, so that the Lord might transform their
hearts”.
Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro
Parolin has sent a telegram on behalf of the Holy Father to Cardinal
Andre Vingt-Trois, archbishop of Paris, France, the full text of
which is published below:
“Upon learning of the terrible attack
in Paris on the offices of 'Charlie Hebdo', which has claimed
numerous victims, His Holiness Pope Francis joins in prayer with the
suffering of the bereaved families and the sadness of all the French
people. He entrusts the victims to God, full of mercy, and prays that
He will welcome them in His light. He expresses his deepest sympathy
for the injured and their families, and asks that the Lord console
and comfort them in their ordeal. The Holy Father reiterates his
condemnation of the violence that generates such suffering, and
praying that God grant the gift of peace, he invokes a divine
blessing for the afflicted families and the French people”.
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