Despite conflicts with Pope Francis on matters ranging from immigration and climate change to China and the Middle East during Donald Trump's last stint in the White House, a senior Vatican official has said that during his new term , Rome intends to "seek dialogue," the Crux website reports today (Nov. 7, 2024).
Italian Jesuit Father Antonio Spadaro, under--secretary of the Vatican's Dicastery for Culture and a close advisor to Pope Francis, spoke yesterday in interviews with Italian news agencies.
Dialogue is needed, Spadaro said, first of all, "for a better American society, where it's obvious that many people don't feel at home, where they don't feel recognized and protected, and there's a cry to be heard."
"Catholics don't have homogenous party affiliations or political convictions in the United States or anywhere else," he said. "It has held the compass of values steady, but without taking sides, precisely to avoid a spurious mixing of religion with politics."
"Dialogue and diplomacy are useful precisely for building bridges and knocking down walls," Spadaro said.
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