Posted on 08/22/2014 5:56:53 AM PDT by Welchie25
Pope Francis phoned the bereaved family of a U.S. journalist killed by Islamic State militants in Syria.
Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, said the pope phoned relatives of the late James Foley on Aug. 21 to console them for their loss and assure them of his prayers.
The call to the Foley family in Rochester, New Hampshire, came in the afternoon New Hampshire time. Father Lombardi released no additional details.
According to The Associated Press, U.S. officials confirmed a graphic video released Aug. 19 that showed Islamic State fighters beheading Foley, a 1996 graduate of Marquette University who had been a freelance journalist for the past several years, mostly in the world’s trouble spots. In 2011, he was kidnapped on a Libyan battlefield and held captive in Tripoli for 45 days.
Sometime in late 2012, he went missing in Syria. The last time his family heard from him was before Thanksgiving that year.
The Islamic State militants said they killed Foley in retaliation for U.S. airstrikes on their strongholds, and the group threatened to kill another U.S. hostage also shown in the video.
President Obama called Foley’s parents, John and Diane Foley, Aug. 20 before addressing the nation about their son’s death and told them: “We are all heartbroken.”
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The President observed a moment of silence on the 11 th green, as the others in his group putted out.
“Is your refrigerator running?” ping
Has the Golfer-In-Chief called the family yet?
Great comment, 5th, funny, but sadly close to the truth.
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