Never again: this is the appeal that comes from the Pope at the Angelus in front of the seventy victims of Cutro . Francis asks to stop the smugglers and to prevent "journeys of hope from turning into journeys of death". Furthermore, the Holy Father exhorts us to "learn to understand and cry" and does so with a long and moving silence in prayer in St. Peter's Square.

Prime Minister Giorgia replied to the pontiff, who assured that the government will accept the appeal on the fight against smugglers: "We will employ all the necessary forces" , she said.

And the leader of the Lega Matteo Salvini also applauds the Pope's words, but from the opposition Nicola Fratoianni of the Italian Left comments: "There really is a limit: when you hide your inhuman actions behind the Pope's words, you carry out an operation shameful".

From the Pd Giuseppe Provenzano instead returns to ask for the resignation of the Minister of the Interior Matteo Piantedosi.

And the National Association of Magistrates also enters the debate, reiterating that rescuing and saving for the State "is an obligation".

Meanwhile, another day of emotion took place in Cutro with the well-attended Via Crucis on the beach, everyone praying behind the cross made with pieces of wood from the hull of the boat on which many migrants died.

(Unioneonline/lf)

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