Milan, 23 December (LaPresse) – ‘Finally, measures are being taken to find possible solutions. Every peace is tailor-made. Peace must be just. But peace is just, and it is always a compromise that reconciles principles and reality. This is a path that should have been pursued with determination three years ago, when the first real opportunity arose.’ Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, president of the Italian Episcopal Conference, said this in an interview with Corriere della Sera. Trump's ‘insistence’ has led to dialogue in the Middle East and Ukraine, opening windows that seemed sealed. Of course, it is worrying that he has changed the name of the Department of Defence to the Department of War: this means giving up the belief that conflicts must be resolved through dialogue and supranational authority. And that would indeed change the world. With regard to his policy, the US Bishops' Conference is right to oppose indiscriminate mass deportations and to call for respect for the dignity of immigrants, as well as to judge unacceptable measures that affect families and children and reduce programmes that protect God's creation.‘ Zuppi urges us not to confuse ’defence and rearmament". “The EU needs effective unified coordination, which is a prerequisite for a European army. Rearmament must be proportionate to the real security risks. It takes courage and vision. De Gasperi said: a united Europe is not born against the homelands, but against the nationalisms that destroyed them,” he says.
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