Cardinal Francis E. George (left) of Chicago was elected the next president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. He and other bishops listened at a news conference yesterday.
(Steve Ruark/Associated Press)
Key bishop voices alarm over Iraq
Exiting leader calls situation 'unacceptable'
Cardinal Francis E. George (left) of Chicago was elected the next president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. He and other bishops listened at a news conference yesterday.
(Steve Ruark/Associated Press)
BALTIMORE - Increasingly frustrated by the war in Iraq and worried about bellicose talk toward Iran, the outgoing president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops described the situation in Iraq yesterday as "unacceptable and unsustainable" and called for the Bush administration to work with Iran and Syria to stabilize the region. (Full article: 687 words)
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