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Six years later, a thoughtful tribute to Father Hamel

About fifty people – religious leaders, elected officials and anonymous people – gathered in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray (Saint-Maritime) on Tuesday morning, July 26, for a memorial service, six years after the assassination of Father Jacques Hamel.

Prefect Pierre-Andre Durand, Department President Bertrand Bélanger (LREM), Mayor of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvre Joachim Moise (PCF), in the arms of one of Father Hamel’s sisters, Roseline, and his. the predecessor, Hubert Wolfran (PCF), took part in the procession to the church of Saint-Etienne, where a mass was later celebrated before the republican ceremony.

We enter the prayer where Jacques fell, a victim of the madness of men“Rouen Archbishop Dominique Lebrun opening the Mass in the church where 85-year-old Father Jacques Hamel had his throat cut on July 26, 2016, before three nuns and several parishioners at the end of the Mass. Another eight-year-old parishioner was also seriously injured at this small church on the outskirts of Rouen as the country was hit by a series of jihadist attacks. The two 19-year-old killers, Adel Kermiche and Abdel-Malik Petijian, who claimed to be from the Islamic State (IS) group, were killed by the police while leaving the church.

Source: Le Figaro

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