There’s no justification. Period.

Via USA Today:

Pope Francis on Thursday defended freedom of speech but said there are limits and that “you can’t make a toy out of the religions of others.”

Francis spoke about the Paris attacks while en route to the Philippines. He defended freedom of expression as not only a fundamental human right but a duty to speak one’s mind for the sake of the common good “without offending.”

Seventeen victims and three terrorists died in the three-day rampage of violence across France last week. The offices of the satire magazine Charlie Hebdo, which had published cartoons of the Muslim prophet Mohammed, were attacked.

“You cannot provoke,” the pope said. “You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit. Every religion has its dignity.”