Pope Francis said on Monday he was really afraid about the danger of nuclear war and that the world now stood at "the very limit". Asked if he was worried about the possibility of nuclear war, Pope Francis said: "I think we are at the very limit. Pope Francis has often flagged the danger of nuclear warfare and in November he appeared to harden the Catholic Church's teaching against nuclear weapons, saying countries should not stockpile them even for the purpose of deterrence. The only thing I could think of adding were the words 'the fruit of war'," Francis said, referring to a caption put on the back of the image. "I wanted to have it reprinted and distributed because an image like this can be more moving than a thousand words.

Source: dna January 15, 2018 11:48 UTC