Vatican City, Nov 4, 2018 / 05:13 am
Pope Francis expressed sorrow for the victims of an attack on Coptic Christians in Egypt in his Angelus address Sunday.
Islamic militants ambushed a bus carrying Coptic Christian pilgrims to a desert monastery south of Cairo on Friday, killing seven and leaving 19 injured.
"I pray for the victims, pilgrims killed just because they are Christians, and I ask Holy Mary to console their families and the whole community," Pope Francis said Nov. 4.
The Coptic Orthodox Church held funerals on Saturday for six of the victims, who were killed while on pilgrimage to Saint Samuel the Confessor monastery in Egypt's Minya province. The Islamic State claims to be behind Friday's attack.