POPE CALLS FOR PEACE & JUSTICE IN SOMALIA

The Pope called all efforts to be made to re-establish respect for life and human rights in Somalia. Speaking at the end of the General Audience, Pope Benedict XVI commented: “My thoughts go to Mogadishu, from where news continues to arrive about barbarous violence and that was the scene of more bloodshed yesterday.” On my part, he assured after an appeal to the international community, “I feel close to the families of the victims and everyone suffering in Somalia due to hatred and instability.”