Pope praises effort to save boy trapped in Moroccan village well

Pope Francis praised the rescue effort (Gregorio Borgia/AP)

Pope Francis has described as “beautiful” how people rallied around efforts to save the life of a five-year-old boy who was trapped in a well for days in a village in Morocco.

Francis expressed thanks to the Moroccan people as he greeted the public in St Peter’s Square on Sunday. He praised people for “putting their all” into trying in vain to save the child.