Thursday, 14 May 2015

Pope Francis calls out the $400 billion global arms business as “the industry of death”

Pope Francis calls out the $400 billion global arms business as “the industry of death”

Pope Francis was sharply critical of the global arms industry in a speech at the Vatican this week, telling thousands of children in Rome that weapons manufacturers are money-hungry opponents of peace. According to the Italian news agency AGI, the Pope said: Some powerful people make their living with the production of arms and sell them to one country for them to use against another country … It’s the industry of death, the greed that harms us all, the desire to have more money.
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