AFRICA/UGANDA - A ‘Hail Mary’ for the Pope on the lips of an Italian missionary working among 1.5 million refugees in northern Uganda

Friday, 1 April 2005

Kitgum (Fides Service)- “Pray for us now and at the hour of our death”, Father Tarcisio Pazzaglia, Italian missionary in northern Uganda prays instinctively as he learns from Fides the critical situation of the Pope’s health. “The Pope has decided to stay at home to face the last lap of his journey” the missionary said. “A Pope who has always defended the rights of the homeless, such as the 1.5 million Ugandans forced by no more than 500 militia to live in refugee camps in northern Uganda”. (L.M.) (Agenzia Fides 1/4/2005 righe 12 parole 120)


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