Pope Francis is saddened by the “senseless killing in Mindanao” as he sent his message of sympathies to the families of the victims of attacks purportedly perpetrated by the breakaway Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.

The pontiff’s message was relayed by the Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, Giuseppe Pinto, to Cardinal Orlando Quevedo, the archbishop of Cotabato and the highest-ranking leader of the Catholic Church in Mindanao.

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