Pray for hope, notwar – says cardinal

The people of Paris have been urged to “pray for hope, not hate” as the city gathered at Notre Dame Cathedral to mourn the people killed in Friday’s attacks.

During an 80minute service, Cardinal Andre XXIII called on the country not to “provoke aggression” but to remember the dead, despite the “barbaric” attack on the country.

He said: “We pray for hope, not hate.

“Pray for the dead, their relatives, the wounded, our country.”

A decision to close the doors at Notre Dame’s entrance was met with fury from the crowds outside, who shouted that the doors should be left open “for the public outside, not the comfort of those inside”.

The doors were soon pulled open again.

Reports of a shooting near the Bataclan rippled through the crowd as the service started, sending police scrambling.

But the reports soon proved to be a false alarm.

Police officers outside Notre-Dame