After the Angelus recitation, yesterday morning, the Pope launched an appeal to all the kidnapped in the world: "Unfortunately he said, – I often receive requests for me to take care of people, including also Catholic priests, kidnapped and imprisoned for different reasons, in various parts of the world". "I hold everybody in my heart, and everybody is present in my prayers added Benedict XVI; – among other cases, he thought about the painful one in Colombia". Therefore, there was the "hearty appeal to the authors of such abominable acts, with the aim of letting them feel conscious of the evil done and let the imprisoned reach the people they love as soon as possible". "I entrust the victims to the motherly protection of the Holy Mary he went on, – Mother of all men". During the greetings in various languages, in French, the Holy Father addressed the "people in charge of the Communità di Sant’Egidio, coming from Africa, Asia and Latin America, gathering for a training period on the subject: ‘Praise God from all over the Earth. Chant and Word of God in the prayer of the Community’". "May all of you acquire new energy concluded the Pope in the Sacrament of Eucharist, to become live witnesses of the peace and mercy of the Lord to a greater and greater extent".
