Pope Leo XIV denounces 'pandemic of arms' as he prays for victims of Minnesota school shooting

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31 Aug 2025 • 6:34 PM MYT
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Pope Leo XIV on Sunday denounced the “pandemic of arms, large and small,” as he prayed publicly for the victims of the shooting during a Catholic school Mass in the United States.

History’s first U.S. pope spoke in English as he appealed for an end to the “logic of weapons” and for a culture of fraternity to prevail, during his Sunday noon blessing from his studio overlooking St. Peter’s Square.