Ukraine, Zuppi: “There is no awareness that it is a world war”

“There is no awareness that this is a world war. I use an expression that has been widely used, in some ways I would even say lucky, because it photographed a reality. And if war is world, it also affects me, it also affects us. Peace it is worthwhile but surely there is a problem of education for peace “. This was underlined by Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, who spoke today at the Festa dell’Otimismo del Foglio, speaking of the war in Ukraine. Zuppi also spoke of the risk of getting used to war: “It’s a danger, because getting used to the suffering of others and having a fire near your home is very dangerous. The alarm sounds and at a certain point you get used to the alarm. even worse, because it means that we do not realize what is happening and consequently we are even more exposed and more vulnerable to the force of evil and war “. “How to get out of it? First of all – said Zuppi – we must get out of it. The synthesis is what the Pope has already illustrated, who asked in many explicit and implicit ways: the true victory is peace. There is no other victory. Given and not granted that there can be a military victory, this would lead to a continuous military escalation with the risk of homologating nuclear devices as a natural and inevitable consequence on the ground. Certainly there is the problem of combining the search for other solutions with the issue of justice, because it is obvious that peace and justice go together. One cannot only think of peace without justice, because this would lead to a continuation of the conflict. It is necessary to seek dialogue. Henry Kissinger, with whom one can or may not be in agreement. agreement but he is an intelligent person, he spoke of exploratory dialogue. This however cannot involve only the two main actors, but also all those who can and must create the opportunity for such dialogue to exp lorative can be started. It is indispensable “. Zuppi believes that” in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine there are many missed opportunities, considering that in the meantime both countries had intense relations with the West. Knowledge of the history of the conflict is decisive for finding possible spaces for encounter and dialogue. Peace is not touch, a button to be pressed. In the real world it is quite the opposite. “