Three of Pope Francis's relatives killed in Argentina car crash

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Two of Pope Francis' grandnephews and the boys' mother were killed early Tuesday in a car crash in the pontiff's homeland of Argentina, police said.

The pontiff's nephew, Emanuel Horacio Bergoglio, was critically injured in the crash on a highway in Cordoba, said Carina Ferreyra, a Cordoba police spokeswoman.

A car driven by Bergoglio struck a truck about 12:30 a.m., killing his sons -- Jose Bergoglio, 8 months, and Antonio Bergoglio, 2 -- and his wife, Valeria Carmona, 36.

Emanuel Bergoglio, 35, was taken to a hospital in Cordoba, where he was in critical condition Tuesday morning, Ferreyra said.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/19/world/americas/argentina-pope-relatives-crash/index.html

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord...

[rug]

1. Sad news.

I sometimes wonder if it is a priest's nieces and nephews that keep him connected to the world.