Nigeria: Pope ‘deeply saddened’ by ‘horrible attack’ on church

Published on : 06/06/2022 – 20:00

Pope Francis is “deeply saddened” by the “horrible attack” against a church carried out on Sunday June 5, 2022 by armed men against a Catholic church in Nigeria, which left at least 21 dead, indicated this Monday, June 6 in the evening the Vatican. “Pope Francis was deeply saddened to learn of the horrific attack on the Church of St. Francis in Owo,” Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s second-in-command, writes in a telegram to the bishop. of Ondo, the state where the city of Owo is located. The pope assures “all those affected by this unspeakable act of violence of his spiritual closeness.”