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Pope Francis on Saturday criticized the naming of the US military's biggest non-nuclear explosive as "the Mother of All Bombs E'Twaun Moore Bulls Jersey ," saying the word "mother" should not be used in reference to a deadly weapon.


The US Air Force dropped such a bomb, officially designated as the GBU-43 Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) on suspected Islamic State fighters in eastern Afghanistan last month. The nickname was widely used in briefings and reporting on the attack.


It was first tested in 2003, but had not been deployed in combat before.


"I was ashamed when I heard the name," Pope Francis told an audience of students on Saturday. "A mother gives life and this one gives death, and we call this device a mother. What is happening?"


Last month the US dropped such a bomb Dwyane Wade Bulls Jersey , which weighs 9,800 kilograms, on Islamic State militants in Afghanistan.


The Pentagon said it was dropped from a US aircraft in Nangarhar province, targeting a tunnel complex used by IS.


The MOAB is not a bunker buster built for deep penetration, but is designed to explode just above the ground Doug McDermott Bulls Jersey , flattening surface structures, destroying mines and killing enemy troops within a radius of up to around 150 meters.


Pope Francis is set to meet US President Donald Trump on May 24 in a potentially awkward encounter given their opposing positions on immigration, refugees and climate change.

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