Pope Francis has asked people to join him in prayer following the deaths of two of his great nephews and their mother in a car crash.
The Catholic News Service reported that a nephew of the Pope was also in a critical condition following the incident in Argentina.
The dead were identified as the wife and two young sons of Pope Francis’ nephew, Emanuel Horacio Bergoglio: Valeria Carmona, 39, Antonio Bergoglio, 8 months, and Joseph Bergoglio, 2 years.
According to Argentine news reports, the 35-year-old son of the Pope’s late brother Alberto Bergoglio underwent emergency surgery and was on a respirator.
The crash occurred in the early morning hours on the highway between Rosario and Cordoba.
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