Francis told RAI that he accepted countries had a right to defend themselves, but said the general abandonment of peace was a problem.
“We live according to an idea where we kill each other because of the need for power, for security, for many things,” the head of the Catholic Church said.
“I understand governments that buy weapons. I understand them, but I don’t approve of it.”
‘We’re racist’, says Pope; Ukrainian refugees treated differently
A model for reconciliation
The Polish pope (John Paul II) promoted the first meeting of the representatives of the Polish episcopate and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, which was held in Rome in 1987.
It was the last of the great reconciliations following the Second World War. First, there was the reconciliation between French and Germans. Then between Germans and Poles, promoted by Cardinal Bolesław Kominek. And finally, between the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and the Polish Church.
Two episodes led to the need for reconciliation. The first was the ethnic cleansing of Poles by Ukrainian nationalists in Volyn (also known as Volhynia) in 1943. The nationalists were supported by the local population. Russians, Jews, Armenians, Czechs, and other minorities were also victims of the massacre.
How the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church spread worldwide
History repeats...
And the Catholic Church now supports the ones it once opposed.
Send us your MONEY!!!!
Why hasn't the church been able to quell the violence in all of these countries that are fleeing for refuge?
Catholic Church Receives Billions from the USA, Illegal Immigration Proves Very Profitable
Catholic Church collects $1.6 billion in U.S. contracts, grants since 2012
By Kelly Riddell – The Washington Times
Not to be lost in the pomp and circumstance of Pope Francis’ first visit to
Washington is the reality that the Catholic Church he oversees has become one of the largest recipients of federal largesse in America.
The Church and related
Catholic charities and schools have collected more than $1.6 billion since 2012 in U.S. contracts and grants in a far-reaching relationship that spans from school lunches for grammar school students to contracts across the globe to care for the poor and needy at the expense of Uncle Sam, a Washington Times review of federal spending records shows.
Former Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York once famously noted in 1980 that the government funded 50 percent of
Catholic Charities‘ budget, commenting “private institutions really aren’t private anymore.” Today, those estimates remain about the same, according to
Leslie Lenkowsky, who served as the chief executive officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service under George W. Bush.
Catholic Charities USA, the largest charitable organization run by the church, receives about 65 percent of its annual budget from state and federal governments, making it an arm of the federal welfare state, said Brian Anderson, a researcher with the Manhattan Institute.
The federal government came to increasingly rely on the church to help it with Lyndon B. Johnson’s “War on Poverty,” and the charities “imbued with their new faith in the government’s potential to solve social problems, eagerly accepted government money,” Mr. Anderson wrote in an essay for the Manhattan Institute.
Fifty-seven government agencies are now contracting with the Catholic Church. If the church were a state, its $1.6 billion in funding would rank it about 43rd out of the 50 states in total federal funding, according to analysis by Adam Andrzejewski, founder of OpenTheBooks.com.
The majority of those funds are dedicated to refugee services and rehabilitation.
Catholic Church Receives Billions from the USA, Illegal Immigration Proves Very Profitable – The Millennium Report
