Pope Francis To Majority Muslim Country: Religion Cannot Be Used To Justify Violence

Agence France-Presse, The Raw Story
Sun, 09/21/2014 - 6:08am

Pope Francis warned during a visit to Albania on Sunday that religion can never be used to justify violence, making apparent reference to the bloodshed wreaked by the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria. “Let no one consider themselves to be the ‘armour’ of God while planning and...

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