Pope warns humanity must abolish war

Pope Francis stepped up his pleas for negotiations to end the fighting in Ukraine, warning that humanity must eliminate war or war will wipe out humanity.

Francis told the public in St. Peter's Square that "this cruel and senseless war" continues, representing "a defeat for all." He concluded: "Humanity must understand that we have reached the moment to abolish war, to cancel it from the history of man, before the war cancels man from history."