Pope Francis Calls for Restrictions on Arms Production, Distribution
Pope Francis has called for greater restrictions on weapons worldwide, spanning the production, marketing, and possession of both heavy and light arms.

Pope Francis has called for greater restrictions on weapons worldwide, spanning the production, marketing, and possession of both heavy and light arms.

On Monday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “American Agenda,” Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) stated that giving weapons to Ukraine needs to be done in a way that doesn’t cause a massive depletion of American weapons supplies and said the Biden administration

Members of Afghanistan’s Taliban conducted door-to-door raids of homes in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif on Thursday in part to search for and confiscate weapons, including firearms, deemed “illegal” by the terror group, which seized control of Afghanistan’s government in August 2021, the Kabul-based Khaama Press News Agency reported.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Russia is ready to provide the “most advanced types of weapons” to its allied nations, including the socialist regimes in Latin America, in a move to expand Russia’s arms trade with its allies.

President Joe Biden’s administration is prepared to send Ukraine a $1 billion weapons package as early as Monday, according to a Reuters report.

The man accused of attacking Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY) with a sharp weapon has already been released back into society.

The Greek government has filed a complaint with Serbia over the weapons being transported by a cargo plane that crashed in northern Greece.

Donald Trump refuted Cassidy Hutchinson’s claims that he wanted individuals with weapons allowed at the January 6 rally to bolster crowd size.

Swedish police have expressed concern that weapons being used in Ukraine may make their way to Sweden once the conflict ends.

Left-wing New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow accused Republicans of making the United States a “killing field” through their promotion of propaganda and an “insane” gun culture, while claiming the extraordinary levels of “American carnage” are due to the amount of “American Republicans” within the country.

European universities have collaborated on thousands of joint projects with institutions tied to China’s military, an investigation claimed.

Greece’s Defence Minister has announced that the country, often menaced by Turkey, will no longer be shipping weapons to Ukraine, as it requires arms for its own defence needs.

A Japanese Yakuza leader and others were caught amid an alleged scheme to buy missiles in exchange for drugs headed to New York.

Pope Francis railed against spending money on national defense Monday, insisting that expenditure on weapons “sullies the soul.”

Ten European Union member-states have been exposed for selling hundreds of millions of euros worth of military kit to Russia between 2015 and 2020, despite sanctions.

A Canadian NGO has warned that Western weapons shipped to Ukraine could not only end up in Russian hands but may even end up being sold on the international black market.

The leader of Sweden’s Left Party has slammed the decision by the Swedish Prime Minister to break with the country’s tradition of neutrality.

Authorities arrested two individuals suspected of killing an Illinois police sergeant and wounding her partner in a hotel shooting Wednesday.

Pope Francis visited a French military cemetery in Rome Tuesday, declaring that the tombs of the fallen in battle cry out “Peace!”

U.S. weaponry and military equipment abandoned in Afghanistan be will be reverse-engineered by China and Russia, Oliver North said.

Austrian counter-terrorism authorities say they have seized three firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition, and paramilitary equipment after a raid on “corona deniers” they claim were planning attacks on police.

The DOJ said this week four men from four states have been arrested and face charges related to the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem had to abruptly leave an event supporting President Donald Trump in Maine Wednesday morning after a man allegedly brandished two weapons during the rally.

The mayor of Portland, Oregon, where violent and even deadly riots have taken place nightly for more than 100 days, is now disciplining police officers who are accused of misconduct as they respond to rioters.

Federal police have been gone from downtown Portland for weeks, but the violence and destruction from riots is increasing.

Nightly violent riots continued in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday, with rioters chanting ‘Kill a Cop, Save a Life’ and hurling objects at police that resulted in two officers being hospitalized.

Portland police declared a riot on Wednesday night as rioters burned a severed pig’s head, American and Trump flags, and attacked officers.

The nightly riots in Portland, Oregon, that began in late May continued on Monday night with police revealing the dangerous weapons used against city and state police officers. They also cited a mob making another attempt to burn down a station with police personnel inside.

The family of George Floyd, the black man killed while in police custody in Minneapolis, is asking the U.N. to help disarm police in the U.S.

China cannot be trusted in any of its interactions with the United States and the foreign policy goal should be to “bring the Chinese Communist government to its knees,” Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) said at the American Conservative Union’s CPAC 2020 on Friday in Oxon Hill, Maryland.

Pope Francis said Sunday that war is contrary to reason, is never normal, and therefore is “madness.”

President Donald Trump quietly vetoed Wednesday three resolutions passed by Congress to end arms sales to Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf nations.

The Pentagon announced Tuesday plans to provide $250 million to Ukraine for training, equipment, and advisory efforts, to enhance the country’s military.

Pope Francis blamed Europe and the United States for the deaths of children in Syria, Yemen, and Afghanistan in an address this weekend, declaring that there would be no wars if rich Western countries did not manufacture and sell arms.

BAE Systems, the military weapons manufacturer which sells weapons to Saudi Arabia, virtue-signaled its “ethical principles” and support for “cultural diversity” this week, declaring that diversity is the company’s “strength” and that it condemns “racism” and “violence.”

Iran is marking the 40th anniversary of its Islamic Revolution by showing off new weapons, including several drones and missiles.

Police have arrested Imran Mostafa Kamel, the son of jailed Finsbury Park mosque radical preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri, while investigating the fatal stabbing of a doorman in London on New Year’s day.

The United States is reportedly in talks with Turkey to convince them they should purchase the Raytheon Co. Patriot defense system as a potential alternative to the Russian S-400 systems Turkey currently has, a Reuters report revealed Monday.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department seized over 520 guns from the home of 60-year-old Manuel Fernandez last week.

If people are really serious about world peace, the solution is to “ban all weapons,” Pope Francis said in a tweet this week.
