Vatican Press Office Director Fr FedericoLombardi’s responseto journalists’ questionsonthe killingof Osama binLaden: Osama bin Laden - as we all
know – was gravely responsible for promoting division and hatred between peoples,
causing the death of countless innocent lives, and of exploiting religions to this
end. Faced with the death of a man, a Christian never rejoices, but reflects on
the serious responsibility of each and every one of us before God and before man,
and hopes and commits himself so that no event be an opportunity for further growth
of hatred, but for peace.