60 Years ago at the start of Vatican II, the danger of nuclear war "menaced the world." Today, we face the same.
Pope Francis noted this weeks' 60th anniversary of the start of the Second Vatican Council, on October 11.
After a Mass in St. Peter's Square with two canonizations, he led the faithful in the midday Angelus.
Before the prayer, he made this observation:
Thailand tragedy
As well, the Pope mentioned the horrific killing spree in Thailand, where a former police officer with a history of drug possession killed more than 30 people in a preschool, most of them children: