French bishops commemorated the tenth anniversary of the slaying of the Servant of God Jacques Hamel (1930-2016) by Islamist terrorists as he celebrated Mass in his parish in Normandy.
The commemorations culminated in a July 26 Mass in Father Hamel’s parish in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray (video); the celebrant was Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline of Marseille, France, president of the French episcopal conference.