{"id":35977,"date":"2020-10-28T11:38:34","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T11:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=35977"},"modified":"2020-10-28T11:38:34","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T11:38:34","slug":"pope-francis-prays-for-victims-of-cameroon-school-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2020\/10\/28\/pope-francis-prays-for-victims-of-cameroon-school-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis prays for victims of Cameroon school shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the weekly General Audience yesterday 27<sup>th<\/sup> October, Pope Francis prayed for peace in conflict-ridden parts of Cameroon, in the wake of a school shooting in Kumba which claimed the lives of several school children.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Holy Father expressed sorrow over the tragic murders of at least six students by unidentified gunmen in Kumba, southwest Cameroon, over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI share in the suffering of the families of the young students barbarically killed last Saturday in Kumba, in Cameroon,\u201d the Pope said. \u201cI feel great bewilderment at such a cruel and senseless act, which tore the young innocents from life while they were attending lessons at school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cMay God enlighten hearts, so that similar gestures may never be repeated again,\u201d Pope Francis added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Turning his thoughts towards the long-running socio-political conflict in Cameroon, the Pope prayed that \u201cthe tormented regions of the north-West and south-West of the country may finally find peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI hope that the weapons will be silenced and that the safety of all and the right of every young person to education and the future can be guaranteed,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Pope also expressed his nearness to the families, the city of Kumba and the whole of Cameroon, invoking upon them \u201cthe comfort that only God can give.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since 2016, parts of Cameroon have been gripped by unrest since Anglophone groups began to call for their independence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some schools in Cameroon have only recently reopened following a four-year shutdown, as the separatists\u2019 fight for an independent state they wish to be known as Ambazonia carries on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Currently, authorities have not been able to identify the assailants, and neither are they able to ascertain the reason why the school was targeted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/donate\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35565 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Support-button-300x44.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"44\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Support-button-300x44.jpg 300w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Support-button-580x85.jpg 580w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Support-button-600x88.jpg 600w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Support-button.jpg 627w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the weekly General Audience yesterday 27th October, Pope Francis prayed for peace in conflict-ridden parts of Cameroon, in the wake of a school shooting in Kumba which claimed the lives of several school children. 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