Pope Francis has led thousands of people in a moment of silence to pray for the aid workers killed by an Israeli strike in Gaza.
Pope Francis holds his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Pope Francis showed tourists and pilgrims the rosary and Gospel booklet that the 23-year-old Ukrainian Alexander had with him when he was killed in Russia's war.
They were apparently given to Francis two weeks ago by Sr. Lucia Caram, an Argentine-born nun living in Spain who has spearheaded multiple humanitarian missions to Ukraine to bring in aid and ferry out wounded soldiers.
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