Rome – Pope Leo Xiv praised his willingness to forgive on Monday as James Foley, the mother of the murdered American journalist, carried out a healing process of the Vatican vigil after a meeting after a fight against the Islamic State Group.
Diane Foley On the eve of the Holy Year event, in a special Vatican vigil at St. Peter’s Basilica, one of the special speakers to honor all those suffering.
James Foley was one of a group of most Western journalists and aid workers, killed by a group of British-born Islamic National militants in Syria during the group’s reign of terror. The militants are known as the “Beatles” for their accents, releasing a creepy video Foley’s The beheading in 2014 said it was retribution for the air strikes in Iraq.
In the 2024 book Diane Foley It tells the story of her face-to-face encounter with British-born activist who is accused of being associated with his death, Alexanda Kotey. On Monday, she told the story of the altar of St. Peter’s Basilica, sometimes suffocating, holding her hand.
After her son was killed, she said anger and pain surged inside her and she asked God how he could allow it to happen.
“I staggered under that weight of loss, not sure if I could continue,” she said. “In those dark moments, I pray desperately that grace should not be painful, but for forgiveness and kindness.”
Her meeting with Kotey “has become a moment of grace.”
She said: “The Holy Spirit allows us to listen to each other, weep and share our stories. Alexander expressed great remorse. God gave me grace and regarded him as a sinner who needs mercy like me.”
The first American Pope Leo in history, thank you Foley Because of her testimony and assurances to her and others that God will never give up on his children.
“The testimony we heard talked about the fact that pain must not cause violence, and violence has never been final, because it is conquered by love that knows how to forgive,” Leo said. “What greater freedom do we want to achieve?”
Nearly four years after Foley’s 40-year-old murder in 2014, Kotey and future co-defendant El Shafee Elsheikh were captured by Kurdish-led U.S.-backed militias. US drone strike kills actually responsible activists Foley’s Killing, Mohammed Emwazi, is known as the nickname “Jihadi John”.
The two were taken to the U.S. for prosecution in 2020 after the Justice Department agreed to waive the death penalty as a possible punishment. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.
