Cardinal warns against escalation

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin said allowing Ukraine to use NATO weapons to attack military targets in Russia would lead to ‘an escalation that no one will be able to control anymore’. 

WelCom June/July 2024

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin said allowing Ukraine to use NATO weapons to attack military targets in Russia would lead to ‘an escalation that no one will be able to control anymore’. 

‘It is a truly disturbing prospect,’ the cardinal said. ‘The risk is real and should cause concern for every person who cares about the fate of our world’. The cardinal’s comments came in response to a growing number of countries considering lifting or amending restrictions on Ukraine’s use of weapons from Western nations to strike inside Russia.