Pope ‘greatly disturbed’ by Barcelona attack, prays for victims
August 18, 2017
Pope Francis has sent a statement of sympathy and a promise of prayers to the victims of terrorist attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils, Spain.
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The Pope condemned “such an inhuman act,” and offered his support to those who were injured and “to all Catalan and Spanish society.” He condemned the “blind violence, which is a grace offense to the Creator.”
The Pope’s message was conveyed in a telegram to Archbishop José Omella y Omella of Barcelona, signed by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Secretary of State.
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