France: Notre Dame Cathedral holds mass for victims of Paris attacks

Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois held a multitudinary mass in the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Sunday for those killed during the attacks carried out in French capital on Friday night. The cardinal led the ceremony and addressed the worshippers from the altar, asking himself how was it possible that "the path of the brutality could turn into an ideal" for some people, "over the values that we defend and we are committed to?" At least 129 people were killed and more than 352 left injured, 99 critically, after a series of coordinated attacks were carried out at six different locations across Paris on Friday evening. At least 87 of those victims were killed after gunmen opened fire during a concert at the Bataclan theatre, taking dozens hostage before detonating suicide bombs. Police stormed the venue, freeing the hostages and killing one of the attackers. Dozens of other people were killed in attacks at the French national stadium and a string of popular bars and restaurants.