{"id":274085,"date":"2025-09-02T00:00:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T23:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/pope-leo-calls-for-end-to-pandemic-of-arms-after-minneapolis-school-shooting\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T00:00:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T23:00:03","slug":"pope-leo-calls-for-end-to-pandemic-of-arms-after-minneapolis-school-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/pope-leo-calls-for-end-to-pandemic-of-arms-after-minneapolis-school-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo calls for end to \u2018pandemic of arms\u2019 after Minneapolis school shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/TmGTMt2mVmY\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Pope Leo calls for end to \u2018pandemic of arms\u2019 after Minneapolis school shooting\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TmGTMt2mVmY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo XIV has pleaded for an end to the \u201cpandemic of arms\u201d as he made his first public comments on gun control while offering prayers for the victims of the shooting at Annunciation Catholic school in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p>The first American pope made his remarks following the August 27 shooting which killed two children and injured 18 others as students and staff gathered for a school Mass.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us plead [to] God to stop the pandemic of arms large and small which infects our world,\u201d the Chicago-born pontiff told the crowd in St. Peter\u2019s Square following the weekly Sunday Angelus prayer.<\/p>\n<p>Leo, speaking in his native English, said he was offering \u201cprayers for the victims of the tragic shooting during a school Mass in the American state of Minnesota\u201d and the \u201ccountless children\u201d who are killed and injured every day.<\/p>\n<p>Boris Sanchez speaks with CNN religion contributor Fr. 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