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Cardinal Parolin on Iran war: 'The force of law has been replaced by the law of force' “This erosion of international law is truly worrying: justice has given way to force; the force of law has been replaced by the law of force.” Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, spoke on Wednesday to Vatican News about the ongoing war in the Middle East. In the following interview, reprinted by America with permission from Vatican News, the cardinal expressed concern that “a multipolarism marked by the primacy of power and self-referentiality is dangerously taking hold.” Vatican News: Your Eminence, how are you experiencing these dramatic hours? Cardinal Parolin: With great sorrow, because the peoples of the Middle East—including the already fragile Christian communities—have once again been plunged into the horror of war, which brutally shatters human lives, brings destruction, and drags entire nations into spirals of violence with uncertain outcomes. On Sunday at the Angelus, the pope spoke of a “tragedy of enormous proportions” and the risk of an “irreparable abyss.” Those are more than eloquent words to describe the moment we are going through. What do you think of the U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran? I believe that peace and security must be cultivated and pursued through the possibilities offered by diplomacy, especially diplomacy exercised... https://www.americamagazine.org/interviews/2026/03/04/cardinal-parolin-war-iran-vatican/