“I renew my appeal for respect for the will of the Venezuelan people and for work to be done to protect human and civil rights, and for building a future of stability and harmony,” Leo XIV said during an audience held the previous day with members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See.

The pontiff also stated that “the increase in tensions in the Caribbean Sea and along the American Pacific coast is also a cause for deep concern,” in clear reference to the presence of US military forces in the area under the pretext of a supposed fight against drug trafficking.

“I wish to renew my impassioned appeal for peaceful political solutions to the current situation, keeping in mind the common good of all peoples and not the defense of partisan interests,” the Bishop of Rome added.

The Holy Father lamented that “war is once again in vogue and warmongering is spreading. The principle established after the Second World War, which prohibited countries from using force to violate the borders of others, has been broken.”

Amid the threatening panorama of our time, “the weakness of multilateralism is a cause for particular concern at the international level,” he noted, because “diplomacy, which boost dialogue and seeks consensus among all parties, is being replaced by a diplomacy based on force.”

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