Pope Leo XIV Tears Up Comforting Families of Swiss Bar Fire Victims

The first American pope, visibly moved, embraced parents mourning an unspeakable New Year’s tragedy and offered them the Church’s full compassion — and a message of faith that even in this darkness.

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On Thursday morning, two weeks after the Alpine New Year’s Eve blaze that killed 40 people and injured 116 — most of them teenagers and young adults — Pope Leo welcomed about tw…