Pope calls for dialogue and restraint amid growing US-Iran tensions

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Pope Francis leads a Mass marking the World Day of Peace in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, 1 January 2020 - Reuters/File photo

MILAN (Reuters): Pope Francis called yesterday for dialogue and restraint two days after the killing of a top Iranian military commander by the US. Speaking at the Sunday Angelus prayer at the Vatican, the Pope did not mention Iran by name but spoke of a terrible air of tension that could now be felt in many parts of the world. “I call on all sides to keep the flame of dialogue and self-restraint alight and ward off the shadow of hostility,” he said.

“War only brings death and destruction.”

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