Special envoy on the pope's plane,
Pope Francis returned to Rome on Thursday evening after spending three days in Kazakhstan.
He answered questions from journalists on his return flight, mentioning an upcoming trip to Bahrain next November and, if possible, to South Sudan in February.
Here are the main extracts, the questions have been synthesized.
“War is a mistake” but there is “a right to defense” when necessary
“Self-defense is a political decision.
It can be moral and morally accepted, if the conditions of morality are met.
But it can be immoral if the intention is to provoke more wars or to sell more weapons or even to get rid of weapons that are no longer useful… The motivation largely qualifies the morality of this act.
Thus defending oneself is not only lawful but it is also an expression of love of the fatherland.
Who does not defend himself, does not love, but who defends, loves.
We should further deepen the concept of “just war” because everyone talks about peace today and the…
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