World war is becoming a real threat, declared the Pope – World – News

According to Pope Francis, world war is becoming a concrete threat that can only be averted by diplomatic negotiations conducted even with inconvenient counterparts. The head of the Catholic Church said this in a speech before the diplomatic corps accredited to the Vatican.

The Pope listed many conflicts and crises that humanity is currently facing. Among the moments that point to divisions in societies, he mentioned last year’s assassination of Prime Minister Robert Fico. Among other things, he described the agreement with the Czech Republic signed last year in Prague as a sign of respect for the Vatican.

In his address, the Pope pointed out many international conflicts and violations of international law. “In the face of an increasingly concrete threat of world war, the task of diplomacy is to facilitate dialogue with everyone, including the opposing parties who are considered the most inconvenient or with whom it would not be considered legitimate to negotiate,” said the Pope, who called for a diplomacy of hope.

According to the head of the Catholic Church, conflicts of opinion are deepening within the states. “We are facing increasingly polarized societies in which a general sense of fear and mistrust of the future has taken root,” the Pope said. The stability of states and nations is thus threatened. “A tragic example are the assassinations of the Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic (Robert Fico) and the President-elect of the United States (Donald Trump),” the Pope said.

The Pope also pointed to the hardships and discrimination that, according to him, Christians face in several places in the world, and criticized efforts to include the right to abortion among human rights. He also called for more effective assistance to poorer countries during the ecological transition and rejected the destruction of nature. “It seems that nature is increasingly rebelling against human actions through extreme manifestations of its power,” he said regarding the natural disasters on the French island of Mayotte or the October floods in Spain. The Pope has previously called for greater protection of the climate and nature and greater solidarity with poor countries that suffer from international debt.