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Cardinal Dolan, Bishop Pates urge President Obama to pursue political solution in Syria

National Catholic News

September 4, 2013

Assure President, Administration of their prayers
Join President in condemning use of chemical weapons
Echo appeals of Pope Francis, Middle East bishops against military intervention

WASHINGTON - President Obama should not resort to military intervention, but instead work to end the violence in Syria through a political solution, wrote the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and the chairman of USCCB?s Committee on International Justice and Peace in a September 4 letter. Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York and Bishop Richard E. Pates of Des Moines, Iowa, joined President Obama in condemning the use of chemical weapons in Syria, declaring these ?indiscriminate weapons have no place in the arsenals of the family of nations.?


They noted that more than 100,000 Syrians have lost their lives, more than 2 million have fled the country as refugees, and more than 4 million within Syria have been driven from their homes by the ongoing conflict.

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