The act of barbarity that was inflicted on Fr Jacques Hamel, the Church and the people of France yesterday has ricochet through Kraków as young people have been hearing of the news.
Increased security has been felt throughout the city following the attack although many of the young people I have spoken to are feeling defiant against the threat. The Archbishop of Rouen made a statement addressing the World Youth Day pilgrims. In it he asked the young people, the “future of humanity”, not to give in to the violence but instead become apostles of the civilisation of love.
