Each blow of the death knell, bitter, sounded Thursday, October 29 at 3 p.m. from the steeples of the churches of France, wanted to respond to each stab, cruel, cowardly given in the morning against three innocent victims, Christians, in the Notre-Dame basilica from Nice Thursday morning.
For Catholics the shock is unfathomable because the echo of the killing of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray, on July 26, 2016, is intact.
Before these dreary bells rang in the territory, Mgr Dominique Lebrun, Archbishop of Rouen, rushed to Father Hamel's parish to pray there.
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From Rome, Pope Francis, reacting to this
“savage attack”,
had just sent a message:
“It is a time of pain and confusion.
Terrorism and violence can never be accepted.
Today's attack has sown death in the house of the Lord, a place of love and consolation. ”
The Vatican also let it be known that Francis, informed of the situation, expressed his
"proximity"
with
"the Catholic community.
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