While the naming of the new royal princess of Great Britain -Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge is making headline news everywhere, I am intrigued by another news yesterday buried in the inside pages of the i Paper, about a new born on a naval ship during a rescue mission in the Mediterranean Sea.
Among 7,000 migrants rescued from overcrowded boats crossing the Mediterranean to Europe in the last few days was a woman who gave birth to a baby girl on an Italian navy ship while being rescued, according to local officials. The crew of the naval vessel off Sicily found the woman in labour on a boat. The baby was named Francesca Marina, paying homage to Italy (to the pope perhaps?), and in Italian, Marina means navy.
What a celebratory weekend it has been, for those born into privilege and those providing great hope for suffering families.
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