Archbishop Tomasi: impossible suffering in Horn of Africa
Pope Benedict XVI issued an appeal this Wednesday for aid to those suffering in the
Horn or Africa, where millions of people are daily facing death by starvation, drought,
exposure and violence. The Permanent Observer to the United Nations in Geneva, Archbishop
Silvano Tomasi told Vatican Radio the suffering of victims is "unconscionable," and
owes itself not only to drought, but also to the violent instability that has palgued
much of the region for two decades. Listen