{"id":83471,"date":"2022-02-15T15:46:17","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T13:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/df.news\/?p=83471"},"modified":"2022-02-15T15:46:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T13:46:17","slug":"whoever-causes-war-and-doesn-t-try-to-defend-peace-can-t-be-called-a-christian-says-nuncio-kulbokas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/2022\/02\/15\/whoever-causes-war-and-doesn-t-try-to-defend-peace-can-t-be-called-a-christian-says-nuncio-kulbokas\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Whoever causes war and doesn\u2019t try to defend peace can\u2019t be called a Christian,&#8221; says Nuncio Kulbokas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine, Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, strongly condemned the actions that threaten peace in Europe. &#8220;People are very anxious and tense,&#8221; the nuncio said. &#8220;It is clear that politicians are often unable to find appropriate means to overcome conflicts, as there is almost always some confrontation ongoing involving the parties\u2019 interests.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This was reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/risu.ua\/hto-sprichinyaye-vijnu-i-ne-namagayetsya-zahishchati-mir-ne-mozhe-nazivatisya-hristiyaninom--nuncij-kulbokas_n126018\">RISU<\/a> with reference to Italy\u2019s SIR.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My dream,&#8221; adds the nuncio, &#8220;is to see more people \u2013 not only in Europe but everywhere \u2013 who are sincerely and devotedly dedicated to politics, recognizing that it is a worthy vocation to serve all, so as not to leave politics to those who exploit it as if their own life is everything while other lives are nothing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Asked how peace can be promoted today, the nuncio said: &#8220;First of all, turn to God and to our true and eternal selves, that is, to us as people called to be light and support for one another.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The nuncio further explains: &#8220;We, as people of faith, be they Christians, Jews, or Muslims, know that only in true faith in God do we have the opportunity and the appropriate key to resolving conflicts; whether we like it or not, only sincere faith enlightens us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Peace and promotion of coexistence among all,&#8221; Archbishop Kulbokas recalls, &#8220;remain our clear and obligatory vocation. Let us entrust our petition for peace to the Lord Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Pope Francis entrusted to the intercession of the Virgin Mary every effort for peace in Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine, Archbishop Visvaldas Kulbokas, strongly condemned the actions that threaten peace in Europe. &#8220;People are very anxious and tense,&#8221; the nuncio said. &#8220;It is clear that politicians are often unable to find appropriate means to overcome conflicts, as there is almost always some confrontation ongoing involving the parties\u2019 interests.&#8221; This was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"telegram_tosend":false,"telegram_tosend_message":"","telegram_tosend_target":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5142,5143],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83471","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-security"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/df.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1123446.jpg?fit=710%2C455&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}