Pope Leo XIV calls for the “weapon pandemic, size” to end with the crowds at St. Peter’s Square in Sunday’s weekly public prayers, which also involves mass shootings in the United States.
The first American pope in history, Chicago native, spoke He prayed in English for the victims of the shooting last week at a Catholic school mass in Minnesota, two children were killed and others were seriously injured.
“We pray for victims of tragic shootings during school mass in U.S. states MinnesotaHe said. “We pray for countless children to be killed and injured every day around the world. Let’s plead with God to stop the weapons pandemic, size, and this will infect our world.”
Fletcher Merkel, eight, and Harper Moyski, 10, were killed in a shooting Wednesday at a Catholic church in Minneapolis, and 18 people were injured. Before the shooter committed suicide, he opened 116 rifles through the church’s stained glass window.
Shooting Reignite Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey calls for a solution to gun control rather than the “thought and prayer” statements that Republicans often make, debating guns in the United States. There is a Rich experienceso far, the proportion of mass shootings has been higher than that of the rest of the world.
The pope initially avoided political comments in response to the shooting and expressed condolences via telegram, saying he was saddened by the “terrible tragedy.”
“In praising the soul of the late child’s love for the great dream, his holiness to the wounded and the first responders, medical staff and clergy are taking care of them and their loved ones. In this extremely difficult time, the Holy Father declared his Dukes to the Catholic community and the people of the greater faction, and this is a larger people, a larger people, a greater people, a greater people, a greater people, a greater people, a greater people, a guarantee of peace, perseverance and comfort in the Lord Jesus” telegraph statement.
He began appealing on Sunday, calling for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine, and both sides called on both sides to “serious dialogue.”
“It is time, with the support of the international community, those in charges abandon the logic of weapons and take the path of negotiation and peace,” Leo said. “The voice of weapons must remain silent, while the voice of brotherhood and justice must rise.”
Leo’s former Pope Francis has long condemned the arms industry to call gun manufacturers “death merchants” and in a 2015 speech to the U.S. Congress, asking why weapons were sold purely to kill.
“Sadly, the answer we all know is just for money: blood-soaked money, often innocent,” Francis said in his speech. “In the face of this shameful and culprit silence, it is our responsibility to face the problem and stop the arms trade.”
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