By Stefa** Rellandini REDIPUGLIA Italy (Reuters) -
Pope Francis said on Saturday the spate of
conflicts around the globe today were effectively a "piecemeal" Third
World War, condemning the arms trade and "plotters of terrorism" sowing death and destruction. "Humanity needs to weep and this is the time to weep," Francis said in the homily of a Mass during a visit to Italy's largest war memorial, a large, Fascist-era monument where more than 100,000 soldiers who died in
World War One are buried. The
Pope began his brief visit to **rthern Italy by first praying in a nearby, separate cemetery for some 15,000 soldiers from five nations of the Austro-Hungarian empire which were on the losing side of the Great War that broke out 100 years ago. In the past few months, Francis has made repeated appeals for an end to
conflicts in Ukraine, Iraq, Syria, Gaza and parts of Africa.
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