Latest Mediterranean migrants tragedy a time for shame, pope says


Pope Francis leads the Regina Coeli prayer from his window at St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 25, 2021. REUTERS/Remo Casilli

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Sunday that "now is the time for shame" after 130 migrants were feared dead in the Mediterranean and a U.N. organisation accused states of not responding to distress calls.

Merchant vessels and a charity ship searching the Mediterranean for boats with migrants found 10 bodies floating near a capsized rubber boat in international waters near Libya believed to have had 130 people on board, French humanitarian organisation SOS Mediterranee said on Friday.

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