Pope prays for terrorist victims

(ANSA) - Vatican City, December 17 - Pope Francis on Wednesday urged the crowd gathered in St. Peter's Square for his weekly audience to join him in prayers for the victims of recent acts of terrorism in both Pakistan and Australia. "May the Lord receive the dead into His peace, comfort the families, and convert the hearts of the violent," said the pope. On Tuesday, at least 132 children were killed in a Taliban attack on a school in Pakistan while on the same day three people, including the perpetrator, were killed in a Sydney cafe siege.
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