Pope Francis is slammed after ignoring the crimes against humanity that have been taking place in China.
The controversy arose after the Pope lamented on the popular issues around the globe, including the Russian-Ukrainian war, abortion rights and death penalty.
On January 9 Pope Francis made a controversial statement, denouncing the war in Ukraine and talked about the weakening of democracy in many countries, including Brazil.
During his New Year’s address to ambassadors from the 183 states, the pope said, “Today, the third world war is taking place in a globalized world, where conflicts involve not only certain areas of the planet directly, but in fact involve them all.”
“The closest and most recent example is certainly the war in Ukraine, with its wake of death and destruction, with its attacks on civil infrastructures that cause lives to be lost not only from gunfire and acts of violence, but also from hunger and freezing cold,” the pope added.
“To build peace in truth means above all to respect the human person with his or her ‘right to life and to physical integrity.” https://t.co/S8ptcjn2Yl via @americamag— Society of Jesus (@JesuitsGlobal) January 10, 2023
Moreover, Francis also called for the full respect of women rights, including their right to access education, arguing that the resources used for arms in wars should be invested in education.
In addition, he also called for the abolition of the death penalty around the world, adding that there is no such thing as “right to abortion.”
The Pope then greeted the ambassadors in the Hall of Benedictions and thanked them “for the messages of condolence sent for the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and for the closeness shown during his funeral.”
During the speech, Francis recalled that this year marks the 60th anniversary of St. John XXIII’s encyclical “Pacem in Terris.”
According to the Pope, “the threat of nuclear war,” which was sparked by the Cuban missile crisis in October 1962, was “very much present in mind.”
“Sadly, today too. the nuclear threat is raised, and the world once more feels fear and anguish.” He declared yet again that “the possession of atomic weapons is immoral” and called for “the resumption” of the Iran nuclear deal, and the finding of a solution “as quickly as possible” to the stalled negotiations. Francis said.
