Djibouti, Djibouti, Oct 16, 2017 / 14:01 pm
After Somalia suffered its deadliest terrorist attack on Saturday, the Bishop of Djibouti reflected on the need for hope and unity among Somalis lest it become "a double attack."
A truck packed with explosives exploded in front of a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu Oct. 14, killing at least 276 people. Many more were wounded.
"I would say that even though what has happened its a catastrophe, we mustn't despair. It would be a double attack if we despaired," Bishop Giorgio Bertin of Djibouti told Vatican Radio.
Bishop Bertin also serves as apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Mogadishu, which has been vacant since the assassination of its last bishop in 1989.