Pope close to "victims of the horrible attack" in Mogadishu. And supports the "precious treasure" family

2019-12-29T11:43:28.352Z

The Pope at the Angelus prayed for the victims of the attack in Mogadishu. "We pray to the Lord for the victims of yesterday's horrible attack in Mogadishu, Somalia, where over 70 people were killed in the explosion of a car bomb. I am close to all family members and those who mourn their disappearance", said Pope Francis. The Holy Family of Jesus, Joseph and Mary, forced to go to Egypt, "solidarity with all the families of the world forced into exile, solidarity with all those who are forced to abandon their land due to repression, violence, Of the war". "The family is a precious treasure: we must always support and protect it" said the Pope on the day when the Church celebrates the Holy Family. "Today - added Pope Francis - I address a special greeting to the families present here and to those who participate from home through television and radio". The Holy Family, Jesus, Joseph and Mary, "prayed, worked" and communicated with each other and "I wonder: do you know how to communicate in your family or are you like those kids who are chatting at the table, each one with a mobile phone? On that table it seems a silence as if they were at mass ". The Pope said so by launching an appeal: "We must resume communication in the family".