Pope Francis expressed “great sadness” on Sunday at the “extremely serious shipwreck” that occurred this week off the coast of Greece and called for everything possible to prevent tragedies like this from happening again.
“It is with great sadness and pain that I think of the victims of the very serious shipwreck that occurred off the Greek coast in recent days. And it seems that the sea was calm”, said the Pope after praying the Angelus from the window. of the Apostolic Palace, three days after being discharged from abdominal surgery.
The head of the Catholic Church recalled that next Tuesday is United Nations World Refugee Day and, therefore, asked the world to spare no effort to prevent shipwrecks like the one that occurred early Wednesday morning, which caused at least 78 deaths and hundreds missing.
“I renew my prayers for those who lost their lives and implore that everything possible be done to prevent tragedies like this,” he said.
Francis also called for prayers for peace in Uganda, where dozens of people, between the ages of 37 and 41 at the last count, were killed in an attack on a secondary school in the west of the country, which was allegedly carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces. a rebel group linked to the Islamic State.
This was the first public act after his hospital discharge on Friday, since he was hospitalized in Rome between the 7th and 16th of this month due to an abdominal operation.
On June 7, the pope underwent three-hour abdominal surgery under general anesthesia to repair a hernia and remove painful scars, which was uneventful.
Source: TSF
