Pope Francis prays at an Austro-Hungarian cemetery for soldiers of World War I in Fogliano di Redipuglia, Italy, September 2014. The pope prayed for the fallen of all wars and also celebrated an outdoor Mass in front of the nearby Redipuglia war memorial, which honors the 100,000 Italian soldiers who died during World War I. (CNS photo / Paul Haring)
“I am convinced that the desire for peace and fraternity planted deep in the human heart will bear fruit in concrete ways to ensure that nuclear weapons are banned once and for all, to the benefit of our common home.”
- Pope Francis, statement read at ICAN Civil Society Forum in Vienna, Austria (International Coalition to Ban Nuclear Weapons), December 2014
Source, Nuclear Peace Age Foundation
Perspective from Sr. Mary Ann McGivern on Global Sisters Report, The struggle to ban the bomb
