Pope’s telegram for terrorist attacks in Brussels

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Pope’s telegram for terrorist attacks in Brussels

‘The Holy Father expresses his deepest sympathy to the injured and their families, and all those who contribute to relief efforts, asking the Lord to bring them comfort and consolation in the ordeal’

Below is the pope’s telegram for the terrorist attacks this morning in Brussels:

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Upon learning of the attacks in Brussels, affecting many people, His Holiness Pope Francis entrusts those who died to God’s mercy and he joins in prayer to their relatives. The Holy Father expresses his deepest sympathy to the injured and their families, and all those who contribute to relief efforts, asking the Lord to bring them comfort and consolation in the ordeal. The Holy Father again condemns the blind violence which causes so much suffering and implores from God the gift of peace, and entrusts on the bereaved families and all Belgians, the benefit of divine blessings.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin