ROME: Pope Francis will on Saturday hold a multi-faith meeting of grieving relatives and survivors of an attack in France in July when a jihadist ploughed his truck into a crowd in Nice.

The pope, who this week denounced violence in the name of religion—declaring "there is no God of war"—will meet with 180 people who were wounded, or left traumatized or bereaved by the July 14 Bastille Day attack which claimed 86 lives.

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