Pope barking up the wrong tree with condemnation of ‘childlike’ potentates

The reason war is always with us is not an endless supply of evil potentates. It is an endless supply of human beings, most of whom don’t even have evil in their hearts.

On Nov. 4, Pope Francis condemned the 'childlike' approach of a 'few potentates' to bring war. It’s Francis’s job to say things like that, and he does it with sincerity and grace, even if he is wrong, writes Gwynne Dyer.Photograph courtesy of Flicker/Catholic Church in England and Wales

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

November 7, 2022

LONDON, U.K.—“We appear to be witnessing a dramatic and childlike scenario,” said Pope Francis in Bahrain on Nov. 4. “In the garden of humanity, instead of cultivating our surroundings, we are playing instead with fire, missiles, and bombs—weapons that bring sorrow and death, covering our ...

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