Pope Francis in San Juan Daily Star


On Energy & Oil: Noted bishops call for total nuclear shutdown in Japan

In the first visit to Japan by a pontiff in 38 years, Pope Francis edged close to calling for the renunciation of all nuclear power in a country that experienced the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl but has yet to determine a viable alternative for its energy needs. Francis noted that the Catholic bishops of Japan had called for the shutdown of all nuclear plants in Japan after the 2011 disaster, in which waves from the tsunami overpowered the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Source: San Juan Daily Star on Pope's visit to Japan Nov 26, 2019

On War & Peace: The arms race wastes precious resources

[On military spending]: "The arms race wastes precious resources that could be better used to benefit the integral development of peoples and to protect the natural environment," the pope said. "In a world where millions of children and families live in inhumane conditions, the money that is squandered and the fortunes made through the manufacture, upgrading, maintenance and sale of ever more destructive weapons are an affront crying out to heaven," he added.
Source: San Juan Daily Star on Pope's visit to Japan Nov 26, 2019

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