Faith manipulated to sow hatred and division says pope

(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 4 - Pope Francis told authorities in Indonesia on Wednesday, the first full day of his visit to the Muslim-majority country, that in the world "there are cases in which faith in God is constantly brought up, but often to be unfortunately manipulated and to be used not to build peace, communion, dialogue, respect, cooperation, fraternity but to sow divisions and boost hatred". "In other contexts, instead, it is believed that we can or should forego to search the blessing of God, deeming it superfluous to the human being and to civil society, which should promote themselves with their own forces but which, in doing so, often meet with frustration and failure", he noted.
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