The Vatican’s top diplomat has condemned Israel’s war in Gaza as an “ongoing massacre”, while castigating the international community, especially those "countries truly capable of exerting influence", for failing to act as the death toll continues to rise.
In remarks published by Vatican Media on the second anniversary of Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Secretary of State, said that while nations have a right to defend themselves, “even legitimate defence must respect the principle of proportionality".
