The true-false neutrality of Vatican diplomacy

We often talk about the Vatican's internal affairs, but less about its international activities. Yet the Holy See's diplomacy can count on the world's most effective network to carry out its very special mission in the concert of states.

This article closes our dossier on Swiss neutrality with an example of another approach to this concept.

With its anthropological and ethical positions often at odds with those of today's society, the Catholic Church is the object of many more or less justified projections. Few, however, are aware of the diplomatic aspect of its action, which is at best identified with a message for peace, echoing the words of Pope Paul VI on the podium of the United Nations Organization (UNO) in 1965: «Never again war, never again war! It is peace, peace, that must guide the destiny of peoples and of all nations.