Pope Francis ‘astonished’ by assault on U.S. Capitol
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Reading Time: < 1minuteSupporters of U.S. President Donald Trump leave the Capitol building after being tear gassed during a “Stop the Steal” protest outside of the Capitol building in Washington D.C. U.S. January 6, 2021. Picture taken January 6, 2021. (Photo: REUTERS/Stephanie Keith)
VATICAN CITY (Reuters)
Pope Francis said on Saturday he was “astonished” by the attack on the U.S. Capitol earlier this week by supporters of President Donald Trump, and denounced the violence as an assault on democracy.
“I was astonished because they are people so disciplined in democracy,” the pontiff told Italy’s Canale 5 news channel in his first public comments on the Washington mayhem.
“There is always something that isn’t working … (with) people taking a path against the community, against democracy, against the common good,” he said.
Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer on Epiphany, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the Vatican, January 6, 2021. (File Photo: Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS)
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