Representatives of Christian, Muslim, Jewish
and Buddhist faiths spoke after meeting President Hollande.
Father Jacques Hamel was killed while
conducting morning mass in his church.
One of the two men who attacked him was
wearing an electronic surveillance tag, which was temporarily turned off under
his probation conditions.
The killing came 12 days after the attack in
Nice in which 84 people died.
Muslim leader Dalil Boubakeur, rector of
Paris's Grand Mosque, said the leaders "deeply desire that our places of
worship are the subject of greater [security] focus, a sustained focus",
as even "the most humble place of worship" can be subject to an
attack.
Tuesday's attack took place in an ordinary
Catholic church in a suburb of Rouen.
Mr Boubakeur expressed "profound
sorrow" on behalf of French Muslims at the attack, which he described as a
"blasphemous sacrilege".
The Archbishop of Paris, Andre Vingt-Trois,
praised the harmonious relations between France's religions.
"We must not let ourselves get pulled in
to Daesh's political games," he said, referring to the self-styled Islamic
State group (IS), saying it wanted "to set children of the same family
against each other".
bbc
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