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Pope Francis praises Iran nuclear deal, and calls for abolition of all nuclear weapons

At UN, Pope Francis Praises Iran Nuclear Deal, Haaaretz, 25 Sept 15 
Pope calls for a nuclear free world and also blasts the ‘selfish and boundless thirst for power and material prosperity.’ DPA and Reuters Sep 25, 2015 Pope Francis expressed praise on Friday for the nuclear deal struck with Iran and called for the abolition of all nuclear weapons during a speech at the United Nations’ General Assembly in New York.
“The recent agreement reached on the nuclear question in a sensitive region of Asia and the Middle East is proof of the potential of political good will and of law, exercised with sincerity, patience and constancy,” Francis says.
“There is urgent need to work for a world free of nuclear weapons … with the goal of a complete prohibition of these weapons,” he said
The Pope also strongly condemned the craving for material gains and power, telling world leaders gathered at the UN that greed is destroying the Earth’s resources and aggravating poverty.
“A selfish and boundless thirst for power and material prosperity leads both to the misuse of available natural resources and to the exclusion of the weak and disadvantaged,” he said in the speech.
The spiritual leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics condemned the “grave offense” of economic and social exclusion…………
Later on Friday, he will lead an inter-religious prayer service at the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, hijacked plane attacks by Islamist militants that brought down the World Trade Center, killing nearly 3,000 people.

September 26, 2015 - Posted by | 2 WORLD, Religion and ethics

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