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Pietro Parolin Quotes

born 1955 Italy

Pietro Parolin (17 January 1955 –) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as the Vatican's Secretary of State since 2013 and as a member of the Council of Cardinals since 2014, the same year he was made a cardinal. He presided over the 2025 papal conclave and was considered papabile, though ultimately not elected as pope.

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If military spending were used for other purposes, a fund could be set up to help millions of people who are dying for peace.

Fundamentalism is always a sign of the desperation of reason and the defeat of faith.

We are representatives of the Holy Father, but this corresponds to dialogue with the Catholic Church

There are many martyrs in Latin America because, starting from their choice to follow Jesus Christ, priests are willing to get their hands dirty and expose themselves in defence of the faithful entrusted to them and for the great values of justice and solidarity.

The Arab Spring was a complex phenomenon which, unfortunately, did not achieve the goals of greater democracy and social justice that seemed to be its driving forces. However, it is legitimate to ask how much the pursuit of particular economic and geopolitical interests contributed to this failure at the international community level.

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