Cardinal Pietro Parolin has defended the Holy See’s agreement with China while warning that international law is increasingly applied selectively.
Speaking to the Italian Catholic Action magazine Dialoghi, the Vatican Secretary of State drew attention to what he described as inconsistent responses by governments to contemporary conflicts, observing that outrage over attacks on Ukrainian civilians had not been matched elsewhere.
“Many governments have expressed outrage over the attacks on Ukrainian civilians by Russian missiles and drones, imposing sanctions on the aggressors,” he said. “It does not seem to me that the same has happened in the case of the tragedy of Gaza’s destruction.”
