Who Said "No" To War On Christmas Day?

Saying 'No' To War Means Saying 'No' To Weaponry

On Christmas Day, a notable historical figure gave a speech decrying war and those who promote and profit from it. Here are excerpts from that:

"...saying "no" to war, to every war and to do so with courage, to the very mindset of war, an aimless voyage, a defeat without victors, an inexcusable folly. 

"This is what war is: an aimless voyage, a defeat without victors, an inexcusable folly. 

"To say "no" to war means saying "no" to weaponry. 

"The human heart is weak and impulsive; if we find instruments of death in our hands, sooner or later we will use them. And how can we even speak of peace, when arms production, sales and trade are on the rise?

"How much violence and killing takes place amid deafening silence, unbeknownst to many! People, who desire not weapons but bread, who struggle to make ends meet and desire only peace, have no idea how many public funds are being spent on arms. Yet that is something they ought to know! 

"It should be talked about and written about, so as to bring to light the interests and the profits that move the puppet-strings of war.

"May there be an end to the fueling of violence and hatred."

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'URBI ET ORBI' MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS CHRISTMAS 2023
Monday, 25 December 2023

Source: indcatholicnews.com/news/48785