At least 12 dead as bus carrying Polish pilgrims crashes in Croatia

WARSAW, Poland (CNS) -- Church leaders offered condolences after a bus carrying Polish pilgrims to the Bosnia-Herzegovina shrine of Medjugorje crashed in neighboring Croatia, killing 12 and seriously injured more than 30.

'I ask everyone to pray during Sunday Masses for all those harmed, along with their loved ones,' Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki, president of the Polish bishops' conference, said in a message to Catholics.

'We must also pray for a swift return to health among those now hospital

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