Pope Francis has compared populists to Hitler and said the ‘sowing of hate’ was to blame for the Second World War.
The 81-year-old pontiff told crowds at a book launch in Rome, Italy that Nazi Germany rose to power through the use of populism.
Increased efforts, he said, were now needed to teach the young about the history of the First and Second World Wars ‘so that they do not fall into the same mistake and know how populism spreads.’
Pope Francis was speaking at the launch of a book about the wisdom of the older generation. Film director Martin Scorsese was present at the event.
