The U.S.-born pope spoke in English as he denounced the attack and the « logic of weapons » fueling wars around the world.
Pope Leo XVI prayed publicly on Sunday for the victims of the shooting at a Catholic school in Minnesota and called for an end to the « pandemic of arms, large and small. »
The U.S.-born pope spoke in English as he denounced the attack and the « logic of weapons » fueling wars around the world, during his Sunday noon blessing from his studio overlooking St. Peter’s Square in Rome.
« Our prayers for the victims of the tragic shooting during a school Mass in the American state of Minnesota », Leo said. « We hold in our prayers the countless children killed and injured every day around the world.
