Pope decries attacks in Norway, Afghanistan and England

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis on Sunday decried recent deadly attacks in Norway, Afghanistan and Britain, expressing closeness to the families of victims and calling violence “a defeat for everyone.” “I implore you, please, to abandon the path of violence, which is always a losing one, is a defeat for all,” the pope said, after greeting the public in St. Peter’s Square for his customary Sunday remarks and blessings delivered from a window of the Apostolic Palace. “Let’s remember that violence generates violence.”