In an address at the Vatican on Tuesday, Pope Francis called on world leaders to scale back the amount of money spent on military defense — in favor of spending more money on more noble and peaceful pursuits.
The pontiff made the remarks at St. Peter’s Square ahead of World Peace Day on Jan. 1.
“In recent years, there has been a significant reduction worldwide in funding for education and training; these have been seen more as expenditures than investments,” Francis said in his remarks.
“Yet they are the primary means of promoting integral human development; they make individuals more free and responsible, and they are essential for the defense and promotion of peace.
“In a word, teaching and education are the foundations of a cohesive civil society capable of generating hope, prosperity and progress. Military expenditures, on the other hand, have increased beyond the levels at the end of the Cold War and they seem certain to grow exorbitantly.”
Catholic Cardinal Peter Turkson said the pontiff’s message demonstrates the need for every person to “play a creative role in the project for peace.”
“It is high time, then, that governments develop economic policies aimed at inverting the proportion of public funds spent on education and on weaponry,” the pope added in his speech.
“The pursuit of a genuine process of international disarmament can only prove beneficial for the development of peoples and nations, freeing up financial resources better used for healthcare, schools, infrastructure, care of the land and so forth.
Aside from dismissing excessive military spending, Pope Francis also urged partnership between older and younger generations, additional spending on education and fairer working conditions worldwide.
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Yep Pope Francis, we should cut defense spending so the communist Chinese can take over the United States. I have a great idea Pope Francis, move to communist China permanently and take the politicians / traitors in Washington DC with you!
AND how’s about YOU lead by example.. EMPTY The vaticans COFFERS!
Whatever happened to “separation between Church and State”?
That only seems to matter, when its’ soething GOOD OR conservative, being pushed.
The Pope may have good intentions with his misguided comments, but he is delusional if he thinks peace is maintained through weakness. That reveals a total lack of understanding for the capacity of tremendous evil that controls the minds & hearts of many world leaders.
But this is not overly surprising, because most of Catholicism has a very poor or distorted understanding of what the Scriptures teach about God, mankind, and our sin nature.
Like parishioners money being used to silence sexual abuse victims. It seems so easy to use your voice to ridicule others.
The Pope complains about military spending from the comfort of Western Europe which spends far less than necessary to defend itself from foreign invasions whether by national states or enemy migrations. He has the luxury of his enclave being inside a NATO nation. Perhaps, if space ships from another star system arrive on earth the Pope will ask for peace and plead with the visitors to be peaceful. He might have to be reminded that Pope Leo begging Attila did not cause the Hun to leave Italy. It was pestilence and hunger from insufficient food. The Pope might see himself as an envoy of peace. Aliens from space might see him as food, see-food.
poop francis, the esteemed military strategist, weighs in on how to maintain world peace. Hey poop francis, read the books, Daniel, Ezekiel, and Revelation. World peace, nor communist utopia, are predicted for mankind. But then, if poop francis stuck to the TRUTH, he wouldn’t be so popular with the depraved left.
AND TO him, IMO< maintaining his poopularity with the libtard depraved left, IS MORE important than following the bible..