{"id":4152,"date":"2023-03-07T13:08:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T12:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nohumantrafficking.orderofmalta.int\/?post_type=news&#038;p=4152"},"modified":"2023-03-07T13:08:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T12:08:43","slug":"pope-decries-human-traffickers-after-italian-migrant-boat-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nohumantrafficking.orderofmalta.int\/en\/news\/pope-decries-human-traffickers-after-italian-migrant-boat-tragedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope decries human traffickers after Italian migrant boat tragedy"},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-4152","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"hidden_news":"no","evidence":"no","focus_on":"no","breaking":"no","news_cover":{"id":4153,"url":"https:\/\/nohumantrafficking.orderofmalta.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2023\/03\/Schermata-2023-03-07-alle-13.08.10.png"},"sub_title":"Pope Francis expresses his sorrow for a recent migrant tragedy in the southern Italian town of Cutro, which killed at least 70 people, including 16 minors.","news_content":"<p><b>By Devin Watkins<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cMay human traffickers be stopped, and may they not continue to throw away the lives of so many innocent people!\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis made that heartfelt appeal for the victims of a recent migrant tragedy on the Mediterranean, as he spoke to pilgrims gathered for the Angelus prayer on Sunday.\u00a0At least 70 people died last Sunday when their flimsy boat broke apart on a shoal off the coast of the southern town of Cutro, in Italy\u2019s Calabria region.\u00a0The boat had set out from Turkey a few days earlier with around 170 passengers aboard.<\/p>\n<h2>Appeal to stop human trafficking<\/h2>\n<p>The Pope expressed his sorrow for the tragedy, and prayed for the victims, their families, and those who survived the shipwreck.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>I express my appreciation and gratitude to local residents and institutions for their solidarity and welcome for these brothers and sisters of ours. I renew my appeal that such tragedies not be repeated.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis condemned the role of human traffickers in contributing to such tragedies, saying they \u201cthrow away the lives of so many innocent people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>May these voyages of hope never again turn into voyages of death<\/em>,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also prayed that God might give everyone the \u201cstrength to understand and mourn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/pope\/news\/2023-03\/pope-francis-angelus-italy-migrant-boat-crash-cutro.html<\/p>\n","news_gallery":"no"},"news_categories":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nohumantrafficking.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/4152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nohumantrafficking.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nohumantrafficking.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nohumantrafficking.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notizie\/4152\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nohumantrafficking.orderofmalta.int\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}