Pope Francis this Sunday mourned the murder by terrorists last Tuesday of the 83-year-old Italian nun.

Maria de Copi lost her life in a terrorist attack on a parish on the outskirts of Memba district in Nampula province.

Speaking after the usual Angelus prayer from St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, the Holy Father stressed that the Cambodian missionary, served in Mozambique with love for nearly 60 years.

Maria de Copi had lived in Mozambique since 1963 and was in a parish where she housed hundreds of people fleeing terrorist attacks in Cabo Delgado province. (RM)