Pope Leo XVI expressed his closeness and prayer to the populations of India, Pakistan and Nepal that have been affected by the floods that have left numerous dead and missing.
“I want to express my closeness to the populations of Paquistan, India and Nepal who have seen violent alluvions.
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The heavy rains that fall on Asia have caused floods in the backmanly managed by India, Pakistan and Nepal.
So far, in Pakistan about 400 people have died. In India about 60 people have died and in Nepal about 40.
However, these figures can increase over the hours due to the large number of missing.
Leo XIV also asked to pray “so that the efforts to cease wars and promote peace arrive in fruition; so, in the treatment, the first good of the peoples always occupies the first place.”
Eduardo Berdejo
Professional in Social Communication of the National University of San Marcos in Peru, I have more than 20 years of experience in Catholic digital journalism. As part of ACI Press, I have been sent to cover the trips of Pope Francis to Cuba, Mexico, Colombia and Peru, in addition to the Synod of Sinodality in the Vatican in 2023.