Pope remembers Attanasio as sower of hope

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 1 - Pope Francis on Wednesday remembered late Italian ambassador to Congo Luca Attanasio, slain in the east of the country two years ago, as a a "sower of hope" in the conflict-torn central African country.
    Speaking with victims of violence in the eastern Kivu region where Attanasio lost his life along with his Italian police bodyguard and a World Food Programme driver on 22 February 2021, Francis thanked and blessed "all the sowers of peace working in the country".
    "Some have lost their lives while serving peace, such as Ambassador Luca Attanasio," the Pope recalled, "the carabiniere Vittorio Iacovacci and the driver Mustapha Milambo, assassinated two years ago in the east of the country.
    "They were sowers of hope and their sacrifice will not be lost".
    (ANSA).