Pope: Trump escalating conflict with North Korea

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Pope Francis said the U.S. is unnecessarily escalating a confrontation with North Korea, saying “things have gotten too hot.”

If a war were to break out, it could have catastrophic consequences leading to the destruction of “a good part of humanity and culture,” the pope said this weekend while departing Egypt for Rome.

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