Aug 4, 2010 / 12:23 pm
After Wednesday's general audience, the Holy Father prayed for the victims of the recent natural disasters in different regions in Asia.
He said that his thoughts go out to those "populations stricken by grave natural catastrophes, which have caused loss of human life, injuries and damages, leaving numerous people homeless."
"In a particular way," he specified, "I'm thinking of the vast fires in the Russian Federation and of the devastating floods in Pakistan and in Afghanistan."
Pope Benedict XVI said he is praying for the victims and is "spiritually close to all who are tested by such adversity."