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Pope leads silent prayer for migrant desert dead
The Associated Press
2 hours ago
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People packed in St. Peter's Square on Friday bowed their head as the pope asked for prayers for "our brothers and sisters" who perished "from thirst, hunger and exhaustion" trying to reach a better life.
Nearly 100 Africans met a grisly end in Niger after the trucks they were traveling in broke down in the middle of the Sahara before they could reach Algeria.
... Some 50 children were among the dead.
The Associated Press
2 hours ago
...
People packed in St. Peter's Square on Friday bowed their head as the pope asked for prayers for "our brothers and sisters" who perished "from thirst, hunger and exhaustion" trying to reach a better life.
Nearly 100 Africans met a grisly end in Niger after the trucks they were traveling in broke down in the middle of the Sahara before they could reach Algeria.
... Some 50 children were among the dead.
