Pope Francis who is currently on a visit to
Egypt has said he worries that the rising
tensions between the United States and
North Korea could lead to a wide military
conflict that would wipe out a “large part of
humanity.”
He called for renewed diplomacy using
third-party intermediaries and for the United
Nations to take a lead role in de-escalating
tensions.
He said,
‘the situation has heated up too
much. I always appeal for a solution
through diplomatic means. It’s
piecemeal but the pieces are getting
larger, and are concentrated in
places which were already hot.
Today a wider war would destroy, I
won’t say half of humanity, but a
large part of humanity and culture. It
would be terrible. I don’t think
humanity today could bear
it.Diplomacy is the best response in
these times’.
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