"The world is at war," Pope Francis said Wednesday as he addressed the slaying of a Catholic priest by radical Islamists in France, but he emphasized that it was not a war of religion.
The killing of the priest by two attackers who struck in the name of ISIS is the latest terror atrocity to roil Europe in recent weeks.
On Wednesday, ISIS' media wing, Amaq, posted a video on the Telegram messaging app which showed the two attackers pledging allegiance to the terror group.
Pope Francis said that the world had been in "a piecemeal war" for some time. He said that the Tuesday's killing of the Rev. Jacques Hamel, 86, in St.-Etienne-du-Rouvray, France, was one casualty in this conflict.
"The world is at war because it has lost peace. Their is a war of interest, there is a way for money, a way for natural resources, a war to dominate people. Some might think it is war of religion. It is not. All religions want peace. Others want war."
Less than two weeks after the Bastille Day terror attack that left 84 people dead in Nice, France, the killings have fueled public anger and highlighted apparent shortcomings in the French government's ability to respond to the domestic jihadist threat.
Source: CNN
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