Pope Francis has rejected a million-euro donation from the defence industry, the Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported in Friday’s edition. The Vatican declined a donation of €1.5 million ($1.6 million) from the Italian defence company Leonardo, the newspaper said. It was only in his Christmas address that the head of more than 1.4 billion Catholics had castigated the defence industry as a war profiteer. According to the company, the donation was intended for the Vatican’s Bambino Gesù paediatric hospital to purchase new medical equipment. The money has now gone to a paediatric clinic in Ge…