Monday, August 1, 2016

Pope Francis Reveals Why He Doesn't Discuss 'Islamic Violence'

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Francis said he doesn't like singling out violence carried out by Muslims because people of all religions are guilty of deadly crimes.

He told reporters the situation was like "a mixed fruit salad" and that there were "violent people in all religions."

"I do not like to talk about Islamic violence because every day when I skim the papers ... I read about violence in Italy: this one who killed the girlfriend, another killed the mother-in-law ... and they are all baptized Catholics," he said aboard a Rome-bound flight from Poland on Sunday. 

"If I talk about Islamic violence, then I also have to talk of Catholic violence. Not all Muslims are violent, just like not all Catholics are violent," the pontiff added. "It's like a mixed fruit salad. There is a bit of everything. There are violent people in all religions."  

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