The Vatican - Archive's video: Pope Francis on Nice massacre: Respond to hate with love

Pope Francis during a private audience on Saturday caressed the picture of a little girl who died during the massacre on the banks of the Tir River in Nice, France on July 14th. He embraced another little girl who lost a parent that night and shook the hand of an emotional Muslim lady who cried over her dead loved one, killed by the blind violence of one who claimed to be a follower of Allah. At the end of the audience in the Paul VI Hall, Pope Francis personally greeted, one by one, all affected by violence, which he said cared neither for the ‘Origin nor religion’. Shortly before in his speech, the Pope called on the Heavenly Father to receive the dead in the joy of eternal life. ‘May this certainty ...