Pope calls for dialogue and restraint amid growing US-Iran tensions
Pope Francis leads a Mass marking the World Day of Peace in St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, on January 1, 2020. File photo: Reuters/Remo Casilli
Pope Francis called on Sunday for dialogue and restraint two days after the killing of a top Iranian military commander by the United States.
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.
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“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.”
On Friday a US drone strike on a convoy at Baghdad airport killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani, drawing promises of harsh revenge by Tehran.
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