A teddy bear is laid with flowers and candles to honor the victims of an attack, on the Promenade des Anglais, near the area where a truck mowed through revelers in Nice, southern France, Saturday, July 16, 2016. A large truck mowed through revelers gathered for Bastille Day fireworks in Nice, killing scores of people and sending people fleeing into the sea as it bore down for more than a mile along the Riviera city鈥檚 famed waterfront promenade. AP Photo/Claude Paris
NICE, France 鈥� Pope Francis has prayed for the end of 鈥渢error and death鈥� of innocents as he expressed closeness to families and all of France mourning the loss of lives, 鈥渆ven of many children,鈥� in the Nice truck attack.
Francis told the public in St. Peter鈥檚 Square on Sunday that 鈥渟orrow is great in our hearts鈥� for the massacre in the southern French city last week, and prayed that God sustain the wounded and comfort relatives.
He prayed that God 鈥渄isperse every plan for terror and for death, so that no man dare spill more blood of his brother.鈥�
Francis then offered 鈥渁 paternal and fraternal embrace for all of Nice鈥檚 inhabitants and all of France,鈥� and invited those in the square to join him in silent prayer for the 84 Nice victims and their families.
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