March 13, 2025 (EIRNS)—Vatican News editor Andrea Tornielli several days ago denounced the €800 billion-plus “Rearm Europe” plan. Tornielli wrote: “These funds are not being used to combat poverty, to finance programs that could improve the living conditions of those fleeing their countries due to violence and misery, to enhance welfare, education, and schools, to ensure a humane future for technology, or to support the elderly. Instead, they are being used to fill arsenals and thus the pockets of arms manufacturers, even though military spending by EU countries already surpasses that of the Russian Federation. Is this really the path to ensuring a future of peace and prosperity for the Old Continent and the entire world? Does the arms race truly guarantee our security? Is this really the key to rediscovering and retrieving our roots and values?