Sending weapons to Ukraine can be “morally acceptable” when it comes to protecting his own country, Pope Francis said, Reuters reports.
“This is a political decision, which can be made from a moral point of view, on the condition of morality, there are a lot of these conditions about them. But [it] is immoral, if there is an intention to provoke an even greater war, sell weapons or get rid of weapons which is no longer necessary … defending itself legally. There is an expression “love for the homeland”: if you do not protect something, then you do not like it, and if you protect it, then you love, “said the pontiff.
He also advised the states to reflect on the causes of conflicts more. “Everyone is talking about the world, for 70 years in the UN they talk about the world, but at this moment how many wars are going on?” – asked Francis.
He added that “the production of weapons is consent to murder”, and “if we do not produce weapons within a year, then you can solve the problem of hunger.”