Vatican City: Marking two years since the Hamas attacks on Israel that ignited the ongoing devastation in Gaza, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Holy See’s Secretary of State, delivered a powerful message against the dehumanization of war victims. In an exclusive conversation with Vatican Media, the Cardinal condemned both terrorism and the disproportionate violence that has followed, stressing that the world must “recover its humanity” and that “no human being can ever be treated as collateral damage.”

Reflecting on the October 7, 2023 assault, Parolin recalled the massacre as “inhuman and indefensible,” reiterating the Holy See’s strong condemnation of Hamas’s attack on thousands of civilians who were celebrating Simchat Torah. “The brutal violence against children, women, and the elderly

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