VATICAN CITY, 3 JUL 2008 (VIS) – Yesterday evening, Holy See Press Office Director Fr. Federico Lombardi S.J. expressed the Holy See’s contentment at the liberation of 15 hostages held by the FARC group in Colombia, among them former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt. ”This is good news”, Fr. Lombardi affirmed, “that creates much satisfaction and gives reasons for hope for the country”. “It is”, he went on, “a sign of hope for so many other people” and for “the pacification of a country that has suffered from so much violence”.