Pope Francis: 'I Believe it is Time to Rethink the Concept of a Just War'

Catholic News Agency ^ | 7/1/22 | Courtney Mares

[marshmallow]

Vatican City, Jul 1, 2022 / 10:26 am In an interview published Friday, Pope Francis said that he believes it is time to rethink the concept of “just war.”

“I believe it is time to rethink the concept of a ‘just war.’ A war may be just, there is the right to defend oneself. But we need to rethink the way that the concept is used nowadays,” Pope Francis said.

“I have said that the use and possession of nuclear weapons are immoral. Resolving conflicts through war is saying no to verbal reasoning, to being constructive. … War is essentially a lack of dialogue.”

The pope spoke in an interview that was conducted on June 20 by Télam, Argentina’s national news agency. A 1-hour video of the interview was published on July 1.

In response to a question about how the lack of dialogue is an aggravating factor in the current state of world affairs, the pope said that there is “an entire infrastructure of arms sales” that supports war today.

“A person who knew about statistics told me, I don't remember the numbers well, that if weapons were not manufactured for a year, there would be no hunger in the world,” he said.

Pope Francis described how he cried during visits to war cemeteries in Europe, including the Redipuglia World War I memorial and Anzio World War II cemetery in Italy.

“And when the anniversary of the landing in Normandy was commemorated, I thought of the 30,000 boys who were left dead on the beach. They opened the boats and said, ‘get off, get off,’ they were ordered while the Nazis waited for them. Is that justified? Visiting military cemeteries in Europe helps one realize this,” he said

[Gay State Conservative]

I'll wager that his boyhood hero and idol,Che,would disagree with him.

[Svartalfiar]

“And when the anniversary of the landing in Normandy was commemorated, I thought of the 30,000 boys who were left dead on the beach. They opened the boats and said, ‘get off, get off,’ they were ordered while the Nazis waited for them. Is that justified? Visiting military cemeteries in Europe helps one realize this,” he said

I'm confused.. Is he saying we should have just given up and let the Germans take over the entire European mainland?

[Grey182]

Alt-Left revisionist history.

5,500 dead priests. 5,500.

[Nifster]

And travel documents provided by Rome

[Grey182]

Not to Nazis, but their children and wives.

[Grey182]

You know they may have been working undercover for the Vatican. Providing information, helping people escape, etc..

If they had operatives, it would be only right to help them escape.