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Tuesday, August 2, 2016
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Tuesday, August 2, 2016
France lays to rest priest killed in jihadist attack
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleFrance pays its last respects Tuesday to Father Jacques Hamel, the 85-year-old priest murdered by jihadists last week, at an emotional funeral held under tight security at Rouen cathedral in northern France.
“As brutal and unfair and horrible as Jacques’s death was, we have to look deep into our hearts to find the light,” says Rouen Archbishop Dominique Lebrun.
Some 2,000 mourners pack the soaring Gothic sanctuary, with hundreds more watching the ceremony, which began minutes after a heavy rainstorm, on a giant screen outside.
— AFP
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