Pope launches virtual ‘Fratelli Tutti’ school saying priests shouldn’t bless weapons cruxnow.com

During an event that connected him with youth on three continents, Pope Francis said Thursday that the political health of the world can be gauged by whether there are wars, and regretted that there are even priests who give their blessings to weapons.

“When they talk to me about the state of politics in the world, I say: look where there are wars, there is the defeat of politics,” Francis said while on the line with a young woman from Iraq. “A policy incapable of dialogue is defeated. And it also makes me sad to see when priests bless weapons.”…

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