“Along with the Catholics of French, I express my deep sadness following the extreme violence that took the lives of so many and injured so many others,” declared Georges Pontier, President of the Conference of Bishops in France. “My thoughts and prayers go out to the victims, their loved ones, to the forces of order, to the caregivers, to our governments on which a great responsibility weighs. In these difficult hours we put our trust in them.”
“In the face of horror, we lend our trustful prayer and our compassion for the victims. And our determination,” declared the President of the Protestant Federation of France, François Clavairoly on Twitter.
The Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France (CRIF) “shares with the entire nation this national mourning and presents its heartfelt condolences to the victims’ families.”
“In my name and in the name of the orthodox bishops of France, I pray for the victims and condemn with the greatest firmness these barbaric acts,” said Emmanuel, President of the Assembly of Orthodox Bishops of France. “These tragic events sound as a call to national unity…to protect our Republic’s fundamental values.”