Top Vatican diplomat condemns Gaza 'carnage' | International

VATICAN CITY, Oct 7, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The Vatican's secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, on Monday condemned the "carnage" in Gaza and said it was "unacceptable" to dismiss the death toll there as collateral damage. Parolin was speaking to Vatican media ahead of the two-year anniversary of what he called the "inhuman and indefensible" October 7 Hamas attack inside Israel, and said he prayed for the hostages still being held. Parolin said the Hamas-Israel war "has brought about disastrous and inhuman consequences", adding that he was struck by the daily death toll among the Palestinian population, including "so many children whose only fault seems to be having been born there". "We risk becoming desensitised to this carnage," Parolin said...