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The Metropolitan Catholic Archbishop of Addis Ababa speaks to Vatican News about the Ethiopian Catholic bishops’ Ad Limina visit to Rome and says that Pope Francis encouraged them to continue to be close to the people suffering ongoing war there.The Ethiopian bishops are in Rome for their periodic ‘Ad Limina’ visit to the Holy See. On June 28 they met with Pope Francis with whom they shared the current situation in the Horn of Africa nation ravaged by years of ethnic conflicts.
Speaking to Vatican News’ Michele Raviart, the President of the Episcopal Conference of Ethiopia, Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, explained that the bishops focused in particular on the situation of young Ethiopians who make up 70% of the population and are increasingly tempted to migrate abroad, including to Europe, due to war and lack of perspectives in their country.
He said the Pope encouraged the Ethiopian Church, a small minority of 2%, to continue its outreach efforts for the poorand most vulnerable in Ethiopia, including children who cannot go to school, mothers who cannot go to hospital and the elderly who have been displaced by war: “The Pope reminded us bishop must always be with the people and insisted that fraternity and paternal presence are most important.
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