Published January 21,2024
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Pope Francis on Sunday referred to as for the discharge of hostages, together with six nuns, who have been kidnapped on a bus in Haiti on Friday, and mentioned he was praying for social concord within the nation.
Armed gunmen hijacked a bus in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince with at the least six nuns on board and drove off to an unknown vacation spot taking all passengers hostage, Vatican News reported on Saturday, citing the Haitian Conference of Religious group.
“I have learned with sorrow of the kidnapping, in Haiti, of a group of people, including six religious sisters”, Pope Francis mentioned after his weekly Angelus prayer.
“In my heartfelt plea for their release, I pray for social concord in the country, and I invite everyone to bring an end to the violence, which is causing a great deal of suffering to that dear population,” he added.
Violence has been escalating for months in Haiti as gangs jockey for energy and search to place strain on interim Prime Minister Ariel Henry, forward of the Feb. 7 expiry of a political accord that consolidated his energy.
The violence comes forward of a courtroom choice anticipated on Jan. 26 on a Kenyan-led multinational drive to handle gang violence within the nation, one of many poorest within the Western Hemisphere.
Source: www.anews.com.tr