Pope Liu XIV condemns the “Faculty of Weapons” after the shooting of the Minnesota School, which killed 2

Pope Liu XII Publicly prayed on Sunday for victims The shooting of a Catholic school in Minnesota He called to the extent that “the pace of weapons is large and small.”

The Pope, born in the United States, spoke in English, condemning the attack and the “logic of weapons” that nourish wars around the world, during its appearance on Sunday from his studio overlooking St. Peter’s Square in Rome.

Liu said: “Our prayers for the tragic shooting victims during a school mass in the US state of Minnesota,” Liu said. “We keep our prayers, killing endless children and wounded every day around the world. Let us appeal to God to stop the epidemic, the big and small, which affects our world.”

Two children Fletcher Merkel, 8, and Harper Moyk, were killed on Wednesday, and 20 people were wounded during a shooting attack on the gospel in Minneapolis, where hundreds of students from the nearby Catholic Gospel School and others gathered for a group on the occasion of the beginning of the school year.

Fire, who later died due to suicide, opened 116 rifle rounds across the church window.

In the wake of the shooting directly, Leo refrained from any political comment on weapons in America, Send a telegram of condolences That focused exclusively on spiritual. He expressed his grief over the “terrible tragedy” and his “heart condolences and confirmation of the spiritual rapprochement of all the affected.”

Liu opened his appeal on Sunday by claiming immediately The ceasefire in Ukraine And “serious commitment to dialogue” is one of the warring aspects.

“It is time to abandon those responsible for the logic of weapons and take the path of negotiations and peace, with the support of the international community,” he said. “The sound of weapons must be silent, while the voice of brotherhood and justice must rise.”