Citing the increasing loss of lives to COVID-19 and a lack of medical resources, an Iranian cleric has urged Pope Francis to do what he can to help get U.S. sanctions against Iran lifted.
Iranian cleric pleads with pope to help end U.S. sanctions
USCCB president urges world leaders to pursue dialogue, seek peace
Hours after Iran launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles at two Iraqi bases Jan. 7, Archbishop Jose Gomez, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued a statement calling for urgent prayers “that our world’s leaders will pursue dialogue and seek peace.”
Prayer vigil pushes for peaceful solution in Iran crisis
People gathered Jan. 6, 2020 near the White House in Washington during a candlelight vigil to call for peaceful solutions to rising tensions between the United States and Iran.
Cardinal: Iraqis in ‘state of shock’ after drone kills Iranian general
Iraqis fear their country, already weary from years of war, may be dragged into a conflict between the United States and Iran.
Cardinal fears Iraq could be caught in middle of a U.S.-Iran conflict
Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Cardinal Louis Sako is concerned by rising tensions between the United States and Iran, fearful that his country, Iraq, could be caught in the middle of any potential conflict.