Syria bombers 'will reckon with God' says Pope Francis

(ANSA) - Vatican City, September 28 - Pope Francis on Wednesday said those who are dropping bombs on civilians in the Syrian city of Aleppo will have to "reckon with God". He said there were "cities where children, sick elderly, young and old, everyone is dying" and renewed an appeal to "all to do their utmost to protect civilians, as an imperative and urgent obligation". He voiced "pain and worry" for the "tortured city" of Aleppo. Francis has issued reiterated calls for an end to the war in Syria which has reaped countless victims and made countless more refugees.