Pope Francis
has criticized the naming of US military's biggest non-nuclear bomb as
"The Mother of All Bombs", saying the word "mother" should
not be used in reference
to a deadly weapon.
The U.S. Air
Force dropped such a bomb, officially designated as the GBU-43 Massive Ordnance
Air Blast (MOAB) on suspected Islamic State fighters in eastern Afghanistan
last month.
The nickname
was widely used in briefings and reporting on the attack. "I was ashamed
when I heard the name," Pope Francis told an audience of students on
Saturday.
Pope
Francis, who's set to meet President Donald Trump on May 24, said,"A
mother gives life and this one gives death, and we call this device a mother.
What is happening?"
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