(ANSA) - Vatican City, May 4 - Pope Francis on Monday prayed
for the victims of domestic abuse, whose numbers have climbed to
record highs in the coronavirus pandemic.
"Let us pray today for families," Francis said at Mass at
Casa Santa Marta, the Vatican hostel he lives in.
"At this time of quarantine, the family, shut in at home,
tried to do many new things, there is a lot of creativity, with
the children, with everyone, to go forward. But there is also
another thing, isn't there? Sometimes there is domestic
violence.
"Let us pray for families so that they may continue in peace,
with creativity and patience, in this quarantine".
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