In the Vatican's defense (sort of), they DID actually try to help out the Christian side in the Biafra War (southeast Nigerian Christians trying to secede from the country in the '60s, because at the time Nigeria had been hijacked by a Muslim military coup). It ended badly for their chosen faction, and the Biafrans have only risen again very recently.
Said war also became a memetic sensation some years back because of the absolutely batshit insane alliances involved (somehow the US, Soviet Union, Syria and Saudi Arabia were all on the side of the Nigerian gov't while Biafra was backed by France, Red China, West Germany, the Vatican, South Africa & Rhodesia among others; Czechoslovakia helped Biafra until the Soviets buckbroke them in '68; and Israel sold weapons to both sides because of course the Jews would do that).
Wikipedia has naturally deleted all the fun from their article on the conflict some time after that video got made, but we might get to see something similarly hilarious if the present-day hostilities escalate.
Says it all when Trump has done WAY more to help Christians at risk with this post than the Vatican or church of England EVER has...
In the Vatican's defense (sort of), they DID actually try to help out the Christian side in the Biafra War (southeast Nigerian Christians trying to secede from the country in the '60s, because at the time Nigeria had been hijacked by a Muslim military coup). It ended badly for their chosen faction, and the Biafrans have only risen again very recently.
Said war also became a memetic sensation some years back because of the absolutely batshit insane alliances involved (somehow the US, Soviet Union, Syria and Saudi Arabia were all on the side of the Nigerian gov't while Biafra was backed by France, Red China, West Germany, the Vatican, South Africa & Rhodesia among others; Czechoslovakia helped Biafra until the Soviets buckbroke them in '68; and Israel sold weapons to both sides because of course the Jews would do that).
Wikipedia has naturally deleted all the fun from their article on the conflict some time after that video got made, but we might get to see something similarly hilarious if the present-day hostilities escalate.