Apparently reacting to current acts of terrorism being
perpetrated by the Boko Haram sects in north-eastern parts of Nigeria,
Pope Francis early Thursday condemned all acts of terrorism, kidnapping
and arms proliferation.
The Pope described the menace as
“absurd contradiction” between the international community’s calls for
peace, the proliferation of the global arms trade and the lack of
attention to the suffering of refugees.
“Everyone talks about
peace, everyone says they want it but unfortunately the proliferation of
all types of arms is leading us in the opposite direction,” Francis
told a group of new ambassadors to the Holy See.
“It would be an
absurd contradiction to talk about peace, negotiate peace and at the
same time promote or allow the arms trade,” he said at the Vatican
ceremony.
While commenting on the issue of refugees, after the
death of 17 asylum-seekers in a shipwreck near Libya on Monday, the pope
said: “We can’t just chase after emergencies.
“It is time to confront this issue in a serious and responsible way with a political perspective.
“In
a way it is cynical to proclaim human rights and at the same time
ignore or fail to care for the men and women forced to leave their
homelands who die trying or do not receive international solidarity.
Pope Francis wants end to terrorism, kidnapping and arms trade
“There
are stories that make us cry and shame us about human beings, brothers
and sisters… who undertake perilous voyages and undergo kidnapping,
torture and all types of suffering, ending up sometimes dead in the
desert or at the bottom of the sea."
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