{"id":19667,"date":"2017-01-12T07:44:48","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T07:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=19667"},"modified":"2017-01-12T07:44:48","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T07:44:48","slug":"one-can-never-kill-in-gods-name-pope-francis-acn-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2017\/01\/12\/one-can-never-kill-in-gods-name-pope-francis-acn-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;One can never kill in God&#8217;s name&#8221; &#8211; Pope Francis &#8211; ACN Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>One can never kill in God\u2019s name\u201d \u2013 Pope Francis<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis, in an \u00a0address to the diplomatic corps of all ambassadors accredited to the Holy See said he was devoting the meeting to the themes of security and peace.<\/p>\n<p>Francis stated clearly: \u2018We are dealing with a homicidal madness which misuses God\u2019s name in order to disseminate death, in a play for domination and power.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cFundamentalist terrorism is the fruit of a profound spiritual poverty, and often is linked to significant social poverty,\u201d he continued. Only with the joint contribution of religious and political leaders, Francis believes, can it be fully defeated.<\/p>\n<p>Acknowledging the suffering that is plaguing the world, the Pope said: \u201cI appeal to all religious authorities to join in reaffirming unequivocally that one can never kill in God\u2019s name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cIn today\u2019s climate of general apprehension for the present, and uncertainty and anxious concern for the future, I feel it is important to speak a word of hope, which can also indicate a path on which to embark.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Francis stressed that \u00a0political authorities \u201cmust not limit themselves to ensuring the security of their own citizens \u2013 a concept which could easily be reduced to a mere \u201cquiet life\u201d \u2013 but are called also to work actively for the growth of peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This also means, Francis highlighted, \u201cworking for the elimination of the deplorable arms trade and the never-ending race to create and spread ever more sophisticated weaponry.\u201d\u00a0 He expressed his concern about the particularly disturbing experiments being conducted on the Korean Peninsula, \u201cwhich destabilize the entire region and raise troubling questions for the entire international community about the risk of a new nuclear arms race.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Frances concluded by \u00a0quoting his predecessor Saint Pope John XXIII\u2019s words in Pacem in Terris: \u201cJustice, right reason and the recognition of human dignity cry out insistently for a cessation to the arms race.\u00a0 The stockpiles of armaments which have been built up in various countries must be reduced all round by the parties concerned.\u00a0 Nuclear weapons must be banned\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>ACN Malta<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One can never kill in God\u2019s name\u201d \u2013 Pope Francis &nbsp; Pope Francis, in an \u00a0address to the diplomatic corps of all ambassadors accredited to the Holy See said he was devoting the meeting to the themes of security and peace. 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