Pope blasts injustice of child illiteracy

(ANSA) - Vatican City, November 23 - Pope Francis said at his weekly general audience on Wednesday that it was an injustice that many children are illiterate in this day and age.
    "It's impossible to understand how, in a world in which technical and scientific progress have reached so high, there are still illiterate children," he said. "Many children suffer from the lack of eduction. It is a great injustice that undermines the dignity of the person. Without eduction one easily becomes prey to exploitation and various forms of social disadvantage".