Francisco expressed his "closeness" with the victims of the American shootings. | Chronic

Pope Francisco said this Sunday feel "spiritually close" to the victims "innocent" shots that "Bloodied" Texas, California and Ohio, USA, after praying the traditional Angelus at the Vatican.

"I invite you to join my prayer for all those who have lost their lives, for the wounded and their families"He pointed to the faithful who followed him to Plaza San Pedro.

At least 20 people died and 40 were injured Saturday morning in the morning for shots fired by a man in a supermarket in El Paso, Texas, during a shootout that the president of that country, Donald Trump, qualified as "terrible".

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Hours later, a shooting in a local in Dayton, Ohio, makes 10 dead, including the attacker, in addition to 16 others injured.

Last Sunday, four people also died, including a six-year-old boy and the author of Shots, at an open-air cooking festival in the American town of Gilroy, in the state of California.

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Abuse of "face"

The pontiff also encouraged the priests of the world to "to face" before the crisis of abuse in the Church and asked for a "conversion" face pedophilia cases and to be "more attentive" to what he described as a "human suffering ".

In a letter sent this Sunday to their "brothers", Francisco thanked them for their "Brave and constant example who, in moments of turbulence, shame and pain, declares that they continue to play with joy in the Gospel" despite the feeling of "tiredness, tiredness, sickness or desolation".

The letter, written on the occasion of the 160th anniversary of the death of the Holy Curé of Ars and circulated by the Vatican, is divided into several sections (Bread, Gratitude, Courage and Praise) and begins with the memory of these priests "Without making any noise, they leave everything to engage in the daily life of their communities".

"In moments of turbulence, shame and sorrow, he says that they continue to play with joy in the Gospel," Francisco emphasized the work of his "brothers."

In this document, the pope pointed out the priests who "they work in the trench" and "They face continually." He also emphasized those who "Invisible and sacrificed, in fatigue or fatigue, sickness or desolation, they badume the mission as a service to God and his people"even with "all the difficulties of the road".

"As you know, we are firmly committed to the implementation of the reforms needed to promote, from the root, a culture based on pastoral care so that the culture of abuse can not develop and, even less, perpetuates itself "he said.

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In February, Jorge Bergoglio He unveiled the presidents of all the episcopal conferences of the world in an unprecedented way to engage them in the fight against pedophilia.

"This is not an easy task and in the short term it requires the commitment of all.If, in the past, the omission could be turned into a form of response, we want today." That conversion, transparency, sincerity and solidarity with the victims become our story and help us to be more attentive to all human suffering ", he added in the letter published this Sunday.

And underlined: "This suffering is not indifferent to the priests either, I could see it during the various pastoral visits of my diocese and in others where I had the opportunity to hold meetings. personal meetings and interviews with priests ".

In the letter, the Pope also acknowledged his support for the "Find pastors who, when they discover and know the suffering of the victims and the people of God, mobilize, seek words and ways of hope".