Pope Francis Slams The United States For Its “Brazen” Gun Obsession [View all]

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Pope Francis Slams The United States For Its “Brazen” Gun Obsession]
By Ryan Denson on June 13, 2016 11:05 pm ·

Pope Francis, while appearing at the United Nation’s World Food summit, slammed the United States (and the rest of the world) over its obsession with guns after the terrorist attack in Orlando left 50 people dead and another 53 wounded. Calling the obsession “brazen,” the Pope chided world leaders for their “strange paradox” over the politics of food and international aid, but not guns:

It makes no difference where arms come from — they circulate with brazen and virtually absolute freedom in many parts of the world.

The Pope also chastised the world for numbing itself to people’s pain, saying “We are bombarded by so many images that we see pain, but do not touch it; we hear weeping, but do not comfort it; we see thirst but do not satisfy it.”

Hours after the brutal attack, the Holy See released a strongly worded condemnation of the attacks, calling his “homicidal folly” and denouncing those responsible: .............