Pope: Thanks for prayers for my family's grief

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis expressed thanks on Wednesday for the prayers and condolences he has received following the death of his nephew’s wife and their two young boys in a car crash in the pontiff’s native Argentina.

Francis listened as priests expressed condolences in several languages during his weekly public audience at the Vatican. Later in the day, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner telephoned Francis to express “condolences from her and from the Argentine people,” the Vatican said.