French Catholic Community In LA Expresses Sorrow, Fears In Wake Of Paris Terror Attacks

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Some of Los Angeles' French Catholic community came together Sunday to share their faith at a time when they might need it the most.

"I'm sad, sad and a little bit angry as well because I don't know if it's going to be the last one," Caroline Hardy, a French citizen, said.

With song and prayers in French, St. Sebastian Catholic Church parishioners honored those killed and wounded in Friday's reign of terror.

"To think of Paris as a place where a lot of tourists and people go cafes and in the streets. That it could just happen there. I've walked by that place. It could have been anyone. It's horrible," Zelie Marcais, a French-American, said.

The church presented a single candle, a bouquet and the flags of France and the U.S., which the priest said were symbols of the things words can't express well enough: pride, sorrow, and hope.

This weekend, some said they're feeling especially homesick, longing for the comfort of friends and family and places back home, yearning for the reassurance that they will still be there.

Many worry nothing will ever be the same.

"I grew up in Paris. I was a student there and I love that city and now it's not safe so I'm very, very worried," Hardy said.