VATICAN CITY: A top Vatican official warned Wednesday against the “erosion of international law” and the concept of a “preventive war” on Iran in comments that appeared critical of US-Israeli military action. “This erosion of international law is truly worrying: justice has given way to force,” Pietro Parolin, Pope Leo XIV’s number two as Secretary of State, said in an interview published on the official Vatican News outlet. “If states were to be recognized as having a right to preventive war.... the whole world would risk being set ablaze,” he said.

Il segretario di Stato Vaticano: 'E' preoccupante il venire meno del diritto internazionale' (ANSA)

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin has said preventative wars risk plunging the whole world into conflict when asked about the justification for the US and Israeli…

"Se agli Stati fosse riconosciuto il diritto alla 'guerra preventiva', secondo criteri propri e senza un quadro legale sovranazionale, il mondo intero rischierebbe di trovarsi in…

"Se agli Stati fosse riconosciuto il diritto alla 'guerra preventiva', secondo criteri propri e senza un quadro legale sovranazionale, il mondo intero rischierebbe di trovarsi in…

VATICAN CITY: A top Vatican official warned Wednesday against the “erosion of international law” and the concept of a “preventive war” on Iran in comments that appeared critical…