بــــطريــــركيــــة الــــروم
الملكييــــن الكاثوليــــك

   
 
With deep sadness Melkite Patriarch Gregorios III of Antioch and All the East, of Alexandria and of Jerusalem denounces and condemns the barbaric terror attacks on France, expressing his solidarity to everyone while offering deepest condolences to President François Hollande and to the families of all the victims: police, journalists, staff andshoppers at the supermarket held hostage because they were Jewish.
 
From his Alexandrian headquarters, Gregorios III recalls that everyone in the Middle East is aware of the price of freedom of worship and conscience and of the importance of that mutual respect for faiths, religious values and consecrated persons which enables everyone to understand how to live together in dignity and openness to others.
 
Uniting his prayer to the prayer of the Church of France and of all believers, Gregorios III asks God for the grace of peace and consolation for France.
 
 
Rabweh, 8 January 2015
 
 
 
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