Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin made an appeal to the international community to put an end to conflicts on the sidelines of an event at the Bambino Ges\u00f9 Children\u2019s Hospital in Rome. <\/p>\n
Vatican News<\/b><\/p>\n
Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin made an appeal to the international community as a whole to put an end to conflicts on Tuesday, October 28, while speaking to the press on the sidelines of an event at the Bambino Ges\u00f9 Children\u2019s Hospital in Rome. \u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone\u2019s contribution is truly needed to take a few steps towards peace\u201d in Ukraine, he said. From the United States, to Europe – which is called upon to play a \u201cmore prominent role\u201d – to China and the East, where US President Donald Trump is currently visiting.<\/p>\n
Cardinal Parolin was participating in an event at the Holy See\u2019s pediatric hospital to mark the 40th anniversary of its recognition as a Scientific Institute for Research, Hospitalization, and Healthcare (IRCCS).<\/p>\n
A collective effort to end conflicts<\/b> <\/p>\n
Regarding the war in Ukraine, Cardinal Parolin called for prudence but also for hope: \u201cIt\u2019s not easy to answer\u201d questions about the steps that need to be undertaken for a truce. \u201cIf we knew, we would already have taken them. I believe that some negotiations are underway, perhaps not publicly,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Reiterating his hope that these talks will bear fruit, the Secretary of State underlined the need for a broad commitment from the international community. \u201cThe involvement of the United States is certainly needed, and we hope that Europe will take on a more prominent role. China, too, has something to say\u2014in fact, President Trump is currently in China and the Far East to address this point. Everyone\u2019s contribution is truly needed to take a few steps towards peace.\u201d<\/p>\n
The meeting with Prime Minister Orb\u00e1n<\/b> <\/p>\n
When asked about the audience granted on Monday, October 27, to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n, the Cardinal described the meeting as \u201ca good encounter,\u201d explaining that \u201ceach side was able to express its own point of view.\u201d When asked whether their positions were \u201cdistant,\u201d he replied: \u201cWe are trying to bring them closer and closer.\u201d<\/p>\n
Humanitarian commitment<\/b> <\/p>\n
During his encounter with the journalists, the Cardinal Secretary of State described the Bambino Ges\u00f9 Hospital as an example of \u201cexcellence\u201d in Catholic and Italian healthcare. \u201cThis is an important moment,\u201d he said, \u201cto highlight the presence and role of Bambino Ges\u00f9 within both Catholic and national healthcare.\u201d<\/p>\n
He recalled the hospital\u2019s humanitarian work, which has welcomed children not only from Palestine but also from other countries affected by conflict. \u201cBambino Ges\u00f9 is doing great humanitarian work,\u201d said the Cardinal.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are committed on this front, believing that also humanitarian efforts – both in caring for war victims and in prisoner exchanges – can be a preparatory step towards peace,\u201d he said, adding that the Holy See feels \u201cdeeply committed\u201d in this field, \u201cwhich is a traditional area in which Vatican diplomacy has been active since the First World War.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin made an appeal to the international community to put an end to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":536886,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7654],"tags":[5293,2000,299,18041,28970,657,19276,771],"class_list":{"0":"post-536885","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ukraine","8":"tag-diplomacy","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-peace","12":"tag-pietro-parolin","13":"tag-ukraine","14":"tag-vatican","15":"tag-war"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115461351458028471","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}