[1/4] Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer from his window at the Vatican, August 13, 2023. Vatican Media/­Handout via REUTERSMILAN, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday urged politicians to address the "open wound" of migrant deaths in the Mediterranean, saying he had been praying for the 41 people who died in a shipwreck earlier this month. More than 22,000 people have died or gone missing in its waters since 2014, according to the International Organization for Migration. Port officials on the Italian island of Sicily recovered one body on Sunday after a boat carrying 13 migrants capsized on Saturday night off the nearby island of Marettimo, ANSA news agency reported. The pope also called for prayers for Ukraine and for the victims of the wildfires in Maui in Hawaii.

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Persons: Pope Francis, Francis, Valentina Za, Frances Kerry Organizations: Vatican, Handout, REUTERS, Sunday, International Organization for Migration, Thomson Locations: REUTERS MILAN, Europe, Sicily, Marettimo, France, Britain, Ukraine, Maui, Hawaii