A lot of sites are focusing on the Islamic equivalence in the Pope's remarks, but there are plenty of other examples of him simply not understanding how the world works.
Q: On April 16, you made a powerful gesture by bringing back the refugees from Lesbos to Rome. However, does Europe have the capacity to accept so many migrants ?
Pope Francis : That is a fair and responsible question because one cannot open the gates wide unreasonably. However, the deeper question is why there are so many migrants now. When I went to Lampedusa three years ago, this phenomenon had already started.
The initial problems are the wars in the Middle East and in Africa as well as the underdevelopment of the African continent, which causes hunger. If there are wars, it is because there exist arms manufacturers – which can be justified for defensive purposes – and above all arms traffickers.
Now this has nothing to do with refugees.
How exactly were the current wars in the region, between Shiites and Sunnis, caused by arms manufacturers? In this case it's a straightforward Iran vs. the Sunni Gulfies war. It's Islam in short.
Western defense contractors aren't getting Muslims to fight each other. And much of the fighting in any case involves weapons you don't need to do much shopping for. If these wars were caused by arms manufacturers, why isn't Europe currently reliving WW1? For that matter why are the vast majority of wars currently taking place in the Muslim world?
The common denominator here isn't capitalism. It's not the arms industry. It's Islam.
Muslim entities start wars over religion. Then they become migrants and spread conflicts into formerly peaceful areas.