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dateline: 19 May 2015
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Pope Has Serious Peace Talk With Kids
Pre-Listening Vocabulary
- Vatican: the city-state where the Pope resides; surrounded by Rome, Italy
- make money off something: to use something (often negative) to make a profit
- arms: weapons
- suffer: feel physical or emotional pain
Comprehension Questions
- What was the focus of the Pope’s meeting with the school children?
- According to the Pope, why do many people not want peace?
- How did the Pope answer a child’s question about prisons?
Discussion Questions: What can young children do to promote peace in their own lives?
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Pope Has Serious Peace Talk With Kids
Pope Francis met with a group of children at the Vatican this month to talk about how to build and keep peace. In his serious talk with 7,000 school kids, he explained that many people do not want peace because they make money off war. He called the arms trade the “industry of death”. The Pope also answered a question about prisons. He told the children that people who make mistakes need to be helped with education, love, and human contact. The Pope added that prisons today are just an easy way for us to forget about people who suffer.
- The Pope’s meeting with the school children was focused on keeping and building peace.
- According to the Pope, many people do not want peace because they make money off the sale of weapons.
- The Pope told the children that prisons are an easy way to forget about people who are suffering. They do not help people who make mistakes.
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