Pope Leo XIV said today he was deeply saddened by the massacre in Krakow and expressed his “spiritual proximity” with the victims.
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08/11/2026
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O Pope Leo XIV said today he was deeply saddened by the massacre in Krakow and expressed his “spiritual proximity” to the victims.
“His holiness Leo XIV, deeply saddened by the news of the deaths and injuries resulting from the shooting in Krakow, expresses his spiritual closeness in Christ Risen to all those affected by this tragedy,” reads a letter addressed to Cardinal Grzegorz Rys, Metropolitan Archbishop of Krakow.
Leo XIV's letter was transmitted today by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State.
The leader of the Catholic Church, who is travelling through South America, said he was united with all those who live “these days of mourning” and interceded “for the gift of Christian hope to grieving families”.
The Polish Public Prosecutor announced today the opening of an investigation for an act of “terrorist character” following the shooting that killed six and 16 injured on Saturday in Krakow, southern Poland.
A Portuguese citizen was injured and is hospitalized, as the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported on Saturday.
Prosecutors will investigate, among other points, the murder of six people in Krakow – an act that “consists of a terrorist nature” – and of three people in the residence of the alleged shooter in Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski, according to the Public Prosecutor’s statement.
The Polish police today confirmed that the three bodies found lifeless in the residence of the alleged perpetrator of the shooting that took place on Saturday, in the center of Krakow, belong to his father, mother and sister, 53, 52 and 21, respectively.