Pope Francis calls racism a 'sin,' and says he has 'great concern' over social unrest

Pope Francis called racism a sin and urged national reconciliation during his weekly general audience on Wednesday.said he had witnessed with"great concern" the social unrest sweeping the United States, calling racism intolerable and the recent violence"self-destructive and self-defeating."

The leader of the Catholic Church said he would pray for Floyd and all those who had lost their lives as a result of"the sin of racism" and urged Americans to move toward"national reconciliation and peace." In a separate tweet posted on the German Foreign Office twitter feed, Maas called George Floyd's death"gruesome" and"shocking," and said the protests were"understandable and legitimate."

I’d like to see the Pope follow this announcement up with some action.

The people’s slogan of ICantBreathe, which can be heard in the massive protests throughout the US, is the heartfelt words of all nations against which the US has committed many atrocities.

Just another hater and loser trying to take away from maga. He didn’t show up at the burned down church and hold a book that I guess is impotent to people inside the church.

Riots are a sin!

Pope Francis hates Trump so he probably blames the social unrest on Trump. Despite the fact Trump has made statements about ending abortion which is supposed to be the Church's holy grail.

What about the sins of his priests?

It's not rocket science to people without faith as well! It is WRONG! Racism feels wrong all the way around! As it should to the person dealing the racist behavior upon others, they can understand that it feels wrong to do or say something in that fashion! It's disgusting! facts

The epitome of the 7 deadly sins, sloth, greed, lust, gluttony, pride, wraith & envy, claims to be a religious leader. The height of hypocrisy.

The government has gotten all its stimulus check money back from all the bail funds this was the conspiracy from the beginning the country was on the verge of economic collapse this racial war was planned and well thought out BE WOKE!

The pope may be religious but he's a PR expert as much as any other leader. He's just reading the room who knows what he really thinks.

Slavery is LITERALLY happening right now in other parts of the world. Would the pontiff like to comment on that?

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