Pope Francis condemns massacre at Yemen retirement home

Pope Francis has slammed as “diabolical” an attack on an elderly care home in Yemen which killed at least 16 people, including four nuns, the Vatican said. Gunmen attacked a Catholic retirement home in Yemen’s port city of Aden that was established by a charity established by Mother Teresa. According to one official, the assailants […]

Pope Francis has slammed as “diabolical” an attack on an elderly care home in Yemen which killed at least 16 people, including four nuns, the Vatican said.
Gunmen attacked a Catholic retirement home in Yemen’s port city of Aden that was established by a charity established by Mother Teresa.
According to one official, the assailants entered the premises in Aden’s Sheikh Othman district after telling the guard they were visiting their mother, before storming the building, tying up employees and opening fire.
“His Holiness Pope Francis was shocked and profoundly saddened to learn of the killing of four Missionaries of Charity and 12 others at a home for the elderly in Aden,” the Vatican’s Secretary of State Pietro Parolin said on Saturday.
“He sends the assurance of his prayers for the dead and his spiritual closeness to their families and to all affected from this act of senseless and diabolical violence,” Cardinal Parolin said in a statement.