A still TV image shows a firefighter standing next to a
car, trapped underneath a truck, in which three relatives of Pope
Francis were killed on Tuesday.
VATICAN CITY
A road accident in Argentina has killed two young great-nephews of
Pope Francis
as well as their mother, the wife of the pope's nephew, the Vatican said Tuesday.
Vatican
spokesman the Rev.
Federico Lombardi
said the accident occurred Tuesday morning in the area of
Cordoba, a major Argentine city.
One nephew was 2, the other was 8
months.
The age of their mother wasn't immediately available.
Lombardi
said the nephew survived; local news reports said he was injured.
Lombardi didn't have the victims' names.
Lombardi
said "the pope was informed about the tragic accident. He is deeply
pained." He added the pope asks "all who share in his grief to unite
with him in prayer.
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