NEW ORLEANS (AP) — At a Mass celebrated at New Orleans' St. Louis Cathedral, a church leader acknowledged the sense of unease that remains after the New Year's Day truck attack in the French Quarter and asked for prayers for the victims and their families. The Very Rev. Patrick Williams told those gathered Sunday that “We can choose to fear. Or we can choose to hope.” Fourteen people were killed when a man sped down Bourbon Street and about 30 were injured. Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry declared a period of mourning that will begin Monday, with a different victim being remembered each day.

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