{"id":27902,"date":"2018-03-27T06:52:18","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T06:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=27902"},"modified":"2018-03-27T07:27:26","modified_gmt":"2018-03-27T07:27:26","slug":"pope-francis-sends-condolences-victims-latest-terrorist-attack-france-francis-pp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2018\/03\/27\/pope-francis-sends-condolences-victims-latest-terrorist-attack-france-francis-pp\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis: sends condolences to French terrorist attack victims  &#8211; ACN Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Pope Francis sends condolences to victims of the latest terrorist attack in France<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Vatican Secretary of State\u00a0Cardinal Pietro Parolin\u00a0sent a telegram of condolence on behalf of Pope Francis to Bishop\u00a0Alain Planet of Carcassonne and Narbonne. In it, the Pope said he participates in prayer in the suffering of the families of the victims of last Friday\u2019s terrorist attacks in\u00a0Carcassonne and Tribes in Southern France.,\u00a0and with the wounded and their relatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Four people were killed and 15 injured in the attack carried out by 25-year-old Redouane Lakdim, of Moroccan descent. who had pledged allegiance to Islamic State. After hijacking a car, in the city of Carcassonne, killing one person and wounding another,\u00a0Lakdim fled toward Thebes. There he took hostages in a supermarket and was finally shot by French police. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Pope praised the \u2018generous and heroic gesture\u2019 of French police officer Lieutenant Colonel Arnaud Beltrame,\u201cwho gave his life in attempting to protect people.\u201d \u00a0Beltrame offered to take the place of a female hostage and was shot by the terrorist. He was married in the hospital just hours before he died.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pope Francis repeated\u00a0his condemnation of \u201cblind violence\u201d and invoked\u00a0the Lord\u2019s gift of peace as he blessed\u00a0the afflicted families and all the French people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 28pt;\">*****<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Below is a translation of Pope Francis\u2019<\/strong><strong> Telegram<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Having learnt of the tragic attacks that took place in Carcassonne and Tribes, which left several victims, I express to you my sadness and entrust to God\u2019s mercy the people who lost their lives, associating myself in prayer to the grief of their dear ones. I greet particularly the generous and heroic gesture of Lieutenant Colonel Arnaud Beltrame, who gave his life in attempting to protect people. I express my sympathy to the wounded and their families, as well as to all the persons touched by the tragedy, asking the Lord to grant them comfort and consolation. I condemn again such acts of blind violence, which cause so much suffering and, praying fervently to God for the gift of peace, I invoke upon the tested families and upon all the French the benefit of Divine Blessings.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b><i>ACN Malta<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis sends condolences to victims of the latest terrorist attack in France &nbsp; Vatican Secretary of State\u00a0Cardinal Pietro Parolin\u00a0sent a telegram of condolence on behalf of Pope Francis to Bishop\u00a0Alain Planet of Carcassonne and Narbonne. 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