Pope's trip to Poland overshadowed by killing of priest in France

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By Wojciech Zurawski and Wiktor Szary KRAKOW, Poland (Reuters) - Pope Francis set off on his first trip to Poland on Wednesday to preside at an international Catholic youth jamboree, a usually joyous event that has been dampened by the murder of a priest in a church in France. The killing of 85-year-old Father Jacques Hamel, forced to his knees by Islamist militants who then slit his throat, sent a deep chill over the World Youth Day event. "Pope John Paul II said that we should be tolerant and not resort to force.

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