“The impact on your eyes when you see (through the media) the bombing and the destruction and the blood and all that” is one of outrage, he told Catholic News Service. But “when you meet people who are fleeing and who have left everything behind, the impact is on the gut.”
Horror of war ‘lodges in your gut’ when recounted by refugees, cardinal says
Pope says Vatican II shaped his theology, including in social teaching
Pope Francis’ preface to “Fraternity: Sign of the Times” was released Sept. 28 by Vatican News.