New Zealand, the Pope’s grief: “Senseless acts of violence, solidarity with Muslims”
The attack by a white Australian supremacist group on two mosques in Christchurch. Closeness to the New Zealand Islamic community and the Australian bishops.
“Deeply saddened” by the terrorist attack on two New Zealand mosques in Christchurch, which cost the lives of 49 people, Pope Francis “assured the New Zealanders, and in particular the Muslim community, of his heartfelt solidarity”.