✣ Islam isn’t a violent religion, says Pope after priest’s murder

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Speaking to journalists on his return flight from World Youth Day in Kraków, Pope Francis said: “I do not like to speak of Islamic violence because every day when I look through the papers, I see violence here in Italy. And they are baptised Catholics. There are violent Catholics.”

The Pope was speaking a few days after the murder of Fr Jacques Hamel, for which ISIS claimed responsibility. Pope Francis had said: “All religions want peace; it’s the others who want war.”