[oldbrowser]

“War is never a necessity, nor is it inevitable. Another way can always be found: the way of dialogue, encounter and the sincere search for truth,” Pope Francis said in his Sept. 7 message to conference attendees.

Tell that to the people who lost their heads.

[Blood of Tyrants]

“Still, if you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than live as slaves. “ Winston Churchill

[livius]

You have to remember that he’s addressing a loony multi-faith peacenik conference, and will no doubt say the same thing in October when he’s at Assisi (another loony multi-faith peacenik conference).

He just says the predictable stuff that you would expect from a 78 year old liberal.