Pope Leo XIV: “Peace is unarmed and disarming, have the courage to disarm”

Vatican City, Oct. 11 (LaPresse) – “Peace is unarmed and disarming. It is not deterrence but fraternity, not ultimatum but dialogue. It will not come as a result of victories over the enemy, but as the outcome of sowing justice and courageous forgiveness.” So said Pope Leo XIV during the vigil for peace in St. Peter’s Square. “Have the courage to disarm! And it is directed to each of us, to make us ever more aware that for no idea, faith, or politics can we kill. What must be disarmed, first and foremost, is the heart, because if there is no peace within us, we will not bring peace,” continued the Pope, who also urged people to learn to linger “beside the infinite crosses of the world”.