Mattarella in Assisi: «There is no greater sin than killing in the name of God»

"Today, terrible conflicts are bloodying many parts of the world, and in some parts there is even a return to blessing weapons and placing armies under religious insignia: Francis teaches us that there is no greater sin than that of killing other men in the name of God. We would not be doing justice to the saint of Assisi if his figure were exhausted in that of an ecologist, pacifist and charitable worker ante litteram". The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, said this, speaking in Assisi at the ceremony on the occasion of the National Day of Saint Francis, on the eighth centenary of his death.