Since January, 112 women have been killed in Italy, according to the Ministry of the Interior, more than half by their husband or ex-spouse.
Le Monde with AFP
In an Italian television interview, Monday, December 20, Pope Francis said that domestic violence was an “almost satanic” act, emphasizing “dignity” of victims whose number has increased from the pandemic.
“so many women were abused and beaten within their home, even by their husband,” the Pope said on a special show, broadcast on the TG5 channel, who had invited him to dialogue with Four people with difficult courses. “It’s a problem that, in my eyes, is almost satanic, because it is to enjoy the weakness of someone who can not defend himself,” added the Sovereign Pontiff during this special issue entitled “François and Invisibles “.
“We can only block the blows. It’s humiliating, very humiliating,” he added during a conversation with a mother, a victim of violence that had to flee with his children. But “I see a lot of dignity in you, for if you had lost your dignity, you would not be there,” he added.
The number of cases of marital violence has been multiplied by the sanitary crisis and successive confines. Since January, 112 women have been killed in Italy, according to the Ministry of the Interior, including more than half by their husband or former spouse. The Pope, which celebrated on Friday its 85 years, has taken a position against the violence against women, which he had compared in 2020 to a “profanation”.