Overview
- Calling negotiation essential, he warned that “with violence we will not win” as tensions and recent attacks in the Caribbean draw global concern.
- He signaled opposition to President Donald Trump’s deployment near Venezuelan waters, describing it as alarming and urging a just search for solutions.
- He said the first phase of the September Middle East peace agreement remains fragile and pressed to move to a second phase on governance and rights for all peoples.
- He criticized Chicago policies that bar priests from giving communion to detained migrants and urged authorities to allow pastoral care for their spiritual needs.
- He confirmed a new Vatican judicial process in the Marko Ivan Rupnik case with judges appointed, stressing sensitivity to alleged victims and the presumption of innocence.