Rome – Pope Francis at the traditional Good Friday cross procession denounced those committing “terrorist acts” while profaning God’s name and decried what he called Europe’s “indifferent and anaesthetised conscience” over migrants. He likewise slammed pedophile priests, arms dealers, and fundamentalists. Francis renewed his condemnation of what he has called indifference and inhospitality to those risking their lives in unseaworthy smugglers’ boats in hopes of finding refuge on European shores from war and other violence. Pope Francis (epa) Evoking the image of Jesus on the cross, Francis said: “we see you in the faces of children, of women and people, worn out and fearful, who flee war and violence and who often only find death” and people who refuse to deal with them. Francis called the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas, two major routes for refugees and migrants, “insatiable cemeteries, reflections of our indifferent and anesthetized conscience.” Sitting under a red [...]
