We must not become accustomed to war, but reject as a temptation the fascination with powerful and sophisticated weapons. This was the appeal made by Pope Leo XIV, SIR (Religious Information Service) reported.
“The heart of the Church is torn by the cries that rise from places of war, in particular from Ukraine, Iran, Israel, Gaza“, said the Pope, who made a strong appeal for peace to the international community.
Pope Leo XIV warned that the atrocities of war “threaten to lead the combatants to a barbarity far greater than that of the past“.
“Modern war uses all kinds of high-tech weapons, their brutality threatens to lead the combatants to a much greater barbarity than in the past. In the name of human dignity and international law, I repeat to those responsible what Pope Francis used to say: war is always a defeat! And together with Pius XII: “Nothing is lost with peace. "Everything can be lost in war," the pope said.