In an interview published on New Year’s Day, the Holy See’s Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations called for “verifiable, not symbolic” peace gestures.
Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher said that “the Jubilee is ending, but it is always a time for reconciliation.”
“A concrete sign to start 2026 could be the choice of verifiable, not symbolic gestures: reopening interrupted channels of dialogue, supporting common humanitarian initiatives even between countries in tension, respecting agreements already signed, promoting policies that reduce inequalities and exclusion,” Archbishop Gallagher told Servizio Informazione Religiosa (SIR), the Italian bishops’ new agency.