US EditionPope Prays for Victims of Violence in Southwestern Colombia
- Pope Leo XIV expressed sorrow and concern over escalating violence in southwestern Colombia and prayed for the victims and their families during the Wednesday General Audience.
- Since April 24, the FARC-EMC rebel group, led by Nestor Vera , has carried out at least 26 attacks killing dozens, including a deadly blast that killed 21 people on a highway between Cali and Popayan.
- The FARC-EMC rejected the 2016 peace deal and renewed armed conflict in April 2024, controlling drug trafficking routes and illegal gold mines in Cauca and Valle del Cauca provinces.
- The violence is occurring ahead of Colombia's presidential elections on May 31, with calls to reject violence and choose peace amid the ongoing unrest.
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Pope Leo XIV expressed his concern this Wednesday about the episodes of violence that have taken place in the southwestern Colombia since last weekend. In a general audience in San Pedro Square, in the Vatican, the pontiff has delivered a brief message in Spanish, later replicated on his social networks, in which he has also called for the rejection of all forms of violence. “With pain and concern, I have heard of the tragic situation of violenc…
The Pope condemned this Wednesday, during the Spanish greetings of the General Audience, the resurgence of violence in Colombia following the attacks on Saturday 25 April in the departments of Cauca and Valle del Cauca, which left at least 20 people dead and more than 45 people injured.
Pope Leo XIV addressed the Spanish-speaking pilgrims at the general audience of the Vatican on 29 April to express his “pain and concern” for the bombing of the Pan American road on 25 April, at Cajibío, in the department of Cauca, which left at least 20 people dead and 38 injured. The high priest lamented the “serious loss of human life” caused by the armed offensive that struck the Colombian suroccident and urged all actors involved to reject …
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