Pope Francis expressed his concern over the ongoing conflict in the Horn of Africa region, especially in Ethiopia. For more than a year and now have died and a very serious humanitarian crisis is looming.
“I invite everyone to pray for those peoples so harshly struggling, and I renew my appeal that fraternal harmony and the peaceful path of dialogue may prevail,” Pope Francis said at the conclusion of the Angelus in St Peter’s Square. The Pope also extended his prayers for the victims of a fire following a fuel explosion on the outskirts of Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. 98 people were killed and many were injured when an oil tanker exploded late Friday.
The Holy Father paid tribute to three martyrs for the faith proclaimed in Spain yesterday. They were killed in the Spanish Civil War, during the time of religious persecution on the 1930s.