Those were the words of Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, expressing the Holy See’s apprehension about the resumption of various conflicts around the world – particularly the recent violence in the Gaza Strip, which Pope Francis condemned yesterday in his Angelus message.
“Recently,” the Cardinal Secretary of State said, “we spoke with the Red Cross and they too are very, very much in difficulty. The bombing of civilians, the killing of humanitarian workers – these are all actions that go precisely against humanitarian law, and today there is no respect for humanitarian law. This is one of the great limitations of this period: there is no respect for humanitarian law anymore.”