"Francis said that beyond weaponry another "enemy of peace" is "ideology that exploits social unrest in order to foment contempt and hate, and views others as enemies to be eliminated.""

Sadly, that's the very path we've opted for in the U.S. and a growing number of other nations around the world. People are choosing to throw in with leaders who scapegoat whole groups and exploit the fears of their citizens at the expense of anyone considered "other."

The walls are going up, if not literally (that remains to be seen), at least metaphorically. Welcome to a new era of lizard-brain rule.