Pope asks for prayer after family members die in crash

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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