Pope marks All Saints Day with cemetery visit
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Pope Francis on Saturday (November 1) spoke against "an industry of destruction" practiced by mankind as he marked All Saints Day with a mass at Rome's main cemetery, the Verano.
Large crowds had gathered for the solemn outdoor event among tombstones.
Francis wove his homily around thoughts he said had come to his mind earlier in the afternoon. Addressing the crowd with few pre-written notes, the pope said humans were "capable of destroying the earth".
"Man takes possession of everything, believes he is god, believes he is the king. And wars, the wars that continue raging, not exactly helping to sow the seed of life but to destroy. It is an industry of destruction," he said.
The pope said his thoughts were with refugees who were bound to suffer as temperatures were dropping at the approach of winter. But he added that people everywhere in the world were suffering.
"I tell you, it seems like these people, these childr
Pope Francis on Saturday (November 1) spoke against "an industry of destruction" practiced by mankind as he marked All Saints Day with a mass at Rome's main cemetery, the Verano.
Large crowds had gathered for the solemn outdoor event among tombstones.
Francis wove his homily around thoughts he said had come to his mind earlier in the afternoon. Addressing the crowd with few pre-written notes, the pope said humans were "capable of destroying the earth".
"Man takes possession of everything, believes he is god, believes he is the king. And wars, the wars that continue raging, not exactly helping to sow the seed of life but to destroy. It is an industry of destruction," he said.
The pope said his thoughts were with refugees who were bound to suffer as temperatures were dropping at the approach of winter. But he added that people everywhere in the world were suffering.
"I tell you, it seems like these people, these childr