Pope Francis ‘astonished’ by siege at US Capitol

By Eileen AJ Connelly

January 9, 2021 | 1:27pm

Pope Francis is speaking out about the chaos at the US CapitolEPA

Pope Francis said Saturday he was “astonished” by the attack on the U.S. Capitol and and denounced the violence as an assault on democracy.

“I was astonished because they are people so disciplined in democracy,” the pontiff told an Italian news station in his first public comments on the mayhem.

“There is always something that isn’t working … (with) people taking a path against the community, against democracy, against the common good,” he said.

With Post wires

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