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Sunday, August 21, 2016
Pope leads prayers for Turkey wedding attack victims
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePope Francis leads hundreds of people in silent prayer for the victims of the Turkish wedding attack.
At his weekly Sunday noontime blessing, Francis said he had heard the “sad news” of the attack. After a moment of silent prayer, Francis led tourists and pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square in reciting the Ave Maria.
He concludes by asking “for the gift of peace for everyone.”
Turkey’s president has blamed the Islamic State group for the bombing of an outdoor wedding party near Syria’s border that killed 50 people and wounded dozens of others.
— AP
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