Pope condemns Paris killings as unjustifiable, inhuman acts

Pope Francis delivers a blessing during the Angelus noon prayer in St. Peter’s Square on July 19.

Francis said that that the attack were “not human”, and in a previous interview on Saturday with TV2000 called the developments “a piece” of the “piecemeal Third World War”. “This is not human”.

“I am shaken, I don’t understand these things, done by human beings…”

Evangelical groups, such as the World Evangelical Alliance, have also said that they are grieved by the attacks on Paris and on Beirut, Lebanon, where IS militants killed another 43 people on Thursday.

The attack unfolded with two suicide bombings and an explosion outside the national stadium during a soccer match between the French and German national teams.

The pope adds that “the road of violence and hatred does not resolve humanity’s problems”. “Let us ask for the grace of being peacemakers”.

The Pope said he is pained by the situation of the country and is continuously offering prayers for the victims and their family.

“We pray for the victims and the wounded, and for all the French people”.

“The savage killings this black Friday plunged entire families into despair, and this despair is all the more profound because there can be no rational explanation that would justify the indiscriminate execution of dozens of anonymous people”, the cardinal said.

World leaders are also condemning the deadliest attack in France since World War II.

“The Holy Father vigorously condemns violence, which can not solve anything”, the telegram reads, according to Vatican Radio’s translation of the message which was originally written in French.

Security has been tightened around the Vatican and across Europe. If we let ourselves be frightened, they will have already reached their first objective. “And I would like to ask you: How many of you have thought of this?” Because of this, our main concern should not be how or when the signs will occur, but rather to be ready, and focused on how we should live and act today, he said. The French prelate called for people to not give in to panic or hatred.