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EU Observer (28 June 2026)

Andrew Rettman

It is not every day that God calls for EU sanctions on Israel, but Roman Catholic cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández appeared to do so at the opening of an Extraordinary Consistory in the Vatican on Friday (26 June) with Pope Leo.

“The European Union, in fact, imposes economic sanctions on one country, and sends financial aid and weapons to another, fails … in the face of other, even more serious invasions, with even more brutal consequences for entire populations”, Fernández said.

In case it was not clear that he meant EU sanctions on Russia and arms sales to Israel, the cardinal also said Israel’s “destruction of entire cities cannot be considered a proportionate defensive action. The enormous disproportion of the military interventions in Gaza and southern Lebanon … is evident”.

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