New Yorkers observing Palm Sunday are reacting after bombs exploded at two Coptic churches in different cities in northern Egypt as worshippers were celebrating the holy day as well. NY1's Natalie Duddridge filed the following report.

Worshippers at the Coptic Orthodox Church of St. George in Dyker Heights came to celebrate Palm Sunday, but their prayers were focused on the dozens killed and wounded after two Coptic churches in Egypt were attacked.

"During the mass they were praying and they said, 'Pray for those who gave their life this morning,''" one worshipper said, in tears. "I felt bad because it's been happening every other week nowadays."

The blasts were at two Coptic churches in different cities in northern Egypt as worshippers were celebrating Palm Sunday, killing at least 43 people and wounding about 100 in an assault claimed by the Islamic State group.

The blasts came at the start of Holy Week leading up to Easter, and just weeks before Pope Francis is due to visit the Arab world's most populous country, which has been beset by extremist violence against its minority Christians.

In the first attack, a bomb went off inside St. George's Church in the Nile Delta city of Tanta, killing at least 27 people and wounding 78, officials said.

A few hours later, a suicide bomber rushed toward St. Mark's Cathedral in the coastal city of Alexandria, the historic seat of Christendom in Egypt, killing at least 16 people and wounding 41, the Interior Ministry said.

"I was very, very upset. Everybody was upset because the Christians, they didn't anything to anybody, actually," one man said outside the Coptic Orthodox Church of St. George. "We are very peaceful. This is our holiday."

Worshippers in Brooklyn said they are worried about family members in Egypt, many of whom have close ties to the church communities affected.

"I called my family and everybody's fine, but we do have friends here from Tanta and we didn't get to see them yet," one woman said outside the Dyker Heights church. "We're going to ask them how they feel about it, if their families are all right. We have a lot of people from Alexandria, too."

Pope Francis was already set to travel to Egypt in the next few weeks. He spoke against the violence at a Palm Sunday Mass at the Vatican.

"I pray for the dead and the wounded. I am close to the families and to the entire community," Pope Francis said in a statement. "God convert the hearts of the people who spread terror, violence, and death, and also the heart of those produce and traffic weapons."

President Trump also tweeted about the attacks, which he says the U.S. strongly condemns.