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France marks 10‑year anniversary of Jacques Hamel murder

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On 26 July 2026 France commemorated the tenth anniversary of the 2016 stabbing of Father Jacques Hamel in Saint‑Étienne‑du‑Rouvray. ~~A televised Mass was celebrated~~ The ceremony took place in the church where ~~he died,~~ Hamel was killed and featured a televised Mass presided over by Cardinal Jean‑Marc ~~Aveline, head of the French Bishops' Conference.~~ Aveline. President Emmanuel Macron joined Prime Minister Sébastien ~~Lecornu delivered a speech alongside~~ Lecornu, former President François Hollande, former interior ministers Bernard Cazeneuve and Laurent Nunez, former prime minister Édouard ~~Philippe~~ Philippe, and dozens of local officials. ~~The ceremony featured the unveiling of a~~ A commemorative plaque was unveiled on the church’s forecourt, and ~~highlighted~~ Hamel’s ~~legacy of inter‑faith dialogue. His~~ sister Roseline Hamel spoke about forgiveness and the ongoing ~~effort to promote peace.~~ push for inter‑faith dialogue. The ~~attackers~~ attackers, Adel Kermiche and Abdel‑Malik Petitjean, both ~~killed~~ 19, had claimed allegiance to the Islamic State and were shot dead by police ~~in 2016, were recalled, as were~~ at the scene. The 2022 convictions of three accomplices ~~sentenced in 2022~~ and ~~Rachid Kassim, who received a~~ the life ~~term~~ sentence in ~~absentia. A~~ absentia for Rachid Kassim were recalled. The Vatican’s beatification ~~dossier filed~~ process for Hamel, opened in ~~2019~~ 2017, remains under ~~Vatican~~ review. The event ~~underscored~~ reinforced France’s ~~resolve to reject~~ stance against terrorism while honoring Hamel’s message of fraternity across faiths.

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