During his weekly audience, Pope Leo appealed for peace, saying the ”fascination of powerful and sophisticated weaponry” must be rejected.
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The pontiff said that the use of ”scientific weapons” in modern warfare risks producing more atrocious barbarities than in the past. He added: ”In the name of human dignity and international law, I repeat to those responsible what Pope Francis used to say: war is always a defeat”
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