During his annual address to diplomats accredited to the Vatican, the pope said that the establishment of the League of Nations nearly 100 years ago ushered a new era of multilateral diplomacy based on goodwill, readiness among nations to deal fairly and honestly with each other and openness to compromise.
‘Nationalistic tendencies’ threaten world peace, pope tells diplomats
Pope to diplomats: World peace depends on right to life, disarmament
A culture of peace “calls for unremitting efforts in favor of disarmament and the reduction of recourse to the use of armed force in the handling of international affairs,” Pope Francis said Jan. 8 in his annual address to diplomats accredited to the Vatican.