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Vatican Responds To "Maddening, Terrorist Violence" In France

VATICAN CITY, Rome (CBS) -- The Vatican says it is "shocked by this new manifestation of maddening, terrorist violence."

That is according to the statement released by the Director of Pope Francis' Press Office in response to the attacks in Paris, France.

"Here in the Vatican we are following the terrible news from Paris. We are shocked by this new manifestation of maddening, terrorist violence and hatred which we condemn in the most radical way together with the Pope and all those who love peace. We pray for the victims and the wounded, and for all the French people. This is an attack on peace for all humanity, and it requires a decisive, supportive response on the part of all of us as we counter the spread the homicidal hatred in all of its forms."

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