Pope Francis asked "that people no longer kill themselves in wars" and asserted that war conflicts are always a defeat "because of the price paid," when visiting a cemetery in Rome dedicated to those who fell during the Second World War. "I can't help but think about today's wars. So many young and non-young people in the world's wars, even those closest to us! So many dead!" lamented the pontiff during his homily on the occasion of the mass. dedicated to the deceased, a holiday in the Vatican.