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From the Liveblog of Sunday, June 4, 2017

Pope Francis prays for London attack victims

4 June 2017, 2:30 pm

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Pope Francis offers prayers for the victims of the London attacks during a traditional Sunday blessing following Mass that marks the Pentecost holiday.

Francis invokes prayers that the Holy Spirit “grants peace to the whole world and heal the wounds of war and of terrorism, which also last night, in London, struck innocent victims.”

The pope asks for prayers for the victims and their family members caught up in the attack in London Bridge Saturday, which left seven dead and almost 50 wounded.

Pentecost concludes the Easter season.

Pope Francis, bottom right, is driven through the crowd as his image is projected on a giant screen, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, June 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) — Pope Francis, bottom right, is driven through the crowd as his image is projected on a giant screen, in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, June 4, 2017. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

— AP

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