The pope warned that vengeance could result in an endless spiral of violence
Brutal jihadist attacks in northern Mozambique have claimed more than 300 lives over two years and forced thousands from their homes. “No family, no group of neighbours or ethnic group and even less no country has a future if the motor that unites them… is composed of vengeance and hatred,” he said. According to UNAIDS, 2.2 million Mozambicans – 60% of them women – were HIV positive in 2018 in the southern African nation of 27 million people.Francis hailed the “compassion” of the health workers for responding to “this silent cry, almost inaudible, of innumerable women and all the people living in shame, marginalised and judged by everybody.