Pope Francis Mourns Italian Nuns Murdered in Burundi

{The Vatican’s Cardinal Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin has sent a telegram of condolences on behalf of the Pope Francis to Archbishop Evariste Ngoyagoye of Bujumbura, Burundi, following the killing of three Italian Xaverian Missionary sisters on Sunday, 7th September, in their convent in Kamenge, North of the capital, Bujumbura.}

The three were found gruesomely murdered in their convent in Kamenge after what is suspected to have been an armed robbery.

Chimpreports says Two Suspects have been held for questioning by the Burundian Police.

Cardinal Parolin wrote, “His Holiness Pope Francis has learned with great sadness of the murder of three nuns, Sister Bernadetta Bogiann, Sister Lucia Pulici and Sister Olga Raschietti, who were in the pastoral service of the parish of Saint Guido Maria Conforti in Bujumbura.”