Pope Francis denounced “warmongering” in a speech at an interfaith conference in Bahrain on Friday. Mankind is “playing with fire, with missiles and bombs, with weapons that cause tears and death,” the head of the Catholic Church during the summit hosted by the Gulf state. Although the Pope did not name any states or rulers, he seemed to be referring to the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine. The aim of the powerful states is to impose “their own despotic, imperialist, nationalist and populist models and visions,” he said. Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa called for an end to the war …