Returning from a four-day trip to Luxembourg and Belgium September 29, Pope Francis condemned the immorality of the bombings on Gaza and Lebanon. He also reaffirmed his comments regarding the Belgian abortion law,

A woman is more important than a man, but it is terrible when a woman wants to be a man: No, she is a woman,” the pope had said in Belgium.

Francis, as leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, often makes calls for an end to violent conflicts, but is usually cautious about appearing to determine the aggressors. He