In a Vatican statement today (July 26, 2016), Pope Francis announced his "most radical condemnation" of an Islamic State (IS) terrorist attack, in which two knife-wielding men slit the throat of Fr. Jacques Hamel, 85, while he was celebrating morning Mass in Normandy, France, and took several other people hostage before being shot and killed by police, according to the Breitbart website.
Papal spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said that the Holy See was "shocked" by this latest news, "creating immense sorrow and worry."
Lombardi said that the Pope "shares in the sorrow and horror over this absurd violence," offering his "most radical condemnation" of the act as well as his prayers for the victims.
"We are particularly struck because this horrible violence took place within a church, a sacred place in which God's love is preached, with the barbarous murder of a priest and the involvement of the faithful," Lombardi added.
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