(Vatican Radio/FIDES) Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa,
Honduras has condemned the ongoing murder of children and violence in the nation.
"How
sad to hear the news of children who are killed. Authors of these crimes are completely
overwhelmed by evil", the Cardinal said in his homily on Sunday, May 11.
The
country is still shocked by the killing of two 13 year old boys and one 7 years of
age who had refused to cooperate with members of the "Pandilla 18" (one of the gangs
that rage in the Country). They were murdered in the district of La Pradera in
the north of Honduras, at the end of April.
According to the local press
the number of children killed for the same reason is increasing. The most violent
areas of the country are Colon and San Pedro Sula