” “After leading the Angelus prayer from Saint Peter’s Square, Benedict XVI mentioned Colombia, from where "comes the sad news of the savage murder of eleven regional deputies of the Department of the Cauca Valley, who for over five years had been in the hands of the revolutionary armed forces of Colombia". "As I raise prayers for the repose of their souls went on the Pope , I share the deep pain of their families and the beloved Colombian nation, ravaged once again by fratricidal hatred". Then, the Holy Father renewed his "heart-felt appeal to immediately put an end to any abductions and to give back to the affections of their beloved ones all those people who are still the victims of such intolerable forms of violence". In his final greetings, the Pontiff spoke in particular to the "Scouts and Guides who have carried the ‘Flame of the Spirit’ through Rome, bound for the United Kingdom, where a big world rally is due in August to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the foundation of the Scout Movement".” “
