Pope Francis laments wars, injustices that ‘ruined’ 2017

Vatican City • Bidding 2017 farewell, Pope Francis on Sunday decried wars, injustices, social and environmental degradation and other human-made ills that he said spoiled the year.Francis presided at a New Year’s Eve prayer service in St. Peter’s Basilica, a traditional occasion to say thanks in each year’s last hours.In his homily, the pope said God gave to us a “whole and sound” year, but “we humans in so many ways ruined and hurt it with works of death