Pope Francis calls migrant deaths an 'open wound' for humanity
Pope Francis calls migrant deaths an 'open wound' for humanity

The number of migrants dying in the Mediterranean is an "open wound" for humanity, Pope Francis says after a week marked by a string of deadly shipwrecks.

At his weekly Angelus prayer on St Peter's Square, the 86-year-old pontiff offers his prayers for the 41 people reported missing on Wednesday by four survivors brought to safety on the Italian island of Lampedusa.