After the Angelus:
Dear brothers and sisters, I am following with concern the news from the region
of the Horn of Africa, particularly from Ethiopia, shaken by a conflict which has
lasted for more than a year and which has claimed numerous victims and caused
a serious humanitarian crisis. I invite everyone to pray for those peoples so
sorely tried, and I renew my appeal that fraternal harmony and the peaceful
path of dialogue may prevail.
I also assure my prayers for the victims of the fire following a fuel explosion on
the outskirts of Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. […]
