An Open Letter to Pope Francis: Condemn the United States for Genocidal Warmaking
With great admiration for your courageous words and actions on behalf of humanity, we pray that as you condemned the 1915 genocide committed by the Turks, you will condemn the United States for the genocide it has committed in its history and which it continues even today in Iraq. According to a U.N. report, the US is responsible for the deaths of 1.5 million Iraqis by the mid-1990s—500,000 of whom were children under the age of 5. US Secretary of State Madeline Albright, when questioned by a 60 Minutes reporter, replied that the children’s deaths were “worth it.” In the ongoing slaughter including the use of hundreds of tons of radioactive depleted uranium weapons, millions more have died, and generations are doomed to horrific birth defects and cancers.
Pope Francis, you have condemned ISIS for genocide against Christians, but given the fact that the US military is for the most part Christian with one-third of the force Catholic, it is Christians who have participated in the genocidal killing in predominantly Muslim countries during the last 24 years. Rather than appealing to the world not to stand by as Christians are killed, demand that Christians, especially US Christians, stop killing in Iraq and elsewhere. If you are successful, the retaliatory attacks on Christians may stop.
This petition will be delivered to Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò ([email protected]), Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See to the United States, that he may carry our message directly to Pope Francis.
Written by Kathy Boylan of the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker in Washington, DC
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Reaching this point has been a long and draining climb up a very steep hill. Seeing this many people acknowledge such a painful truth gives me the strength to keep pushing forward despite the silence we face.
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I pray Pope Francis shows his prophetic strength when meeting with the government that constitutes the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today.
Yes, any condemnations of genocide must be balanced with all other atrocities that have occurred including those of the U.S.A. forces in Iraq.
This is a letter that so, so needed writing. The murderous hypocrisy of the most powerful nation on earth, which, aided by its Western allies, kills millions to impose its hegemony on the world is a shameful abomination.
Lett us not condemn the cruelty and hypocrisy committed in the name of our religion any less than we condemn them when perpetrated in the name of other religions.
Pope Francis. Many Catholics around the world including here in Australia have appreciated your standing up for the poor and for the environment. On your visit to the USA please speak strongly against the empire which has inflicted more pain upon the the world's poor and more harm to the environment than any in the history of the world. Thank you.
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No more war! Never again war! If you wish to be brothers, drop your weapons. Pope Paul VI
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An Open Letter to Pope Francis: Condemn the United States for Genocidal Warmaking
With great admiration for your courageous words and actions on behalf of humanity, we pray that as you condemned the 1915 genocide committed by the Turks, you will condemn the United States for the genocide it has committed in its history and which it continues even today in Iraq. According to a U.N. report, the US is responsible for the deaths of 1.5 million Iraqis by the mid-1990s—500,000 of whom were children under the age of 5. US Secretary of State Madeline Albright, when questioned by a 60 Minutes reporter, replied that the children’s deaths were “worth it.” In the ongoing slaughter including the use of hundreds of tons of radioactive depleted uranium weapons, millions more have died, and generations are doomed to horrific birth defects and cancers.
Pope Francis, you have condemned ISIS for genocide against Christians, but given the fact that the US military is for the most part Christian with one-third of the force Catholic, it is Christians who have participated in the genocidal killing in predominantly Muslim countries during the last 24 years. Rather than appealing to the world not to stand by as Christians are killed, demand that Christians, especially US Christians, stop killing in Iraq and elsewhere. If you are successful, the retaliatory attacks on Christians may stop.
This petition will be delivered to Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò ([email protected]), Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See to the United States, that he may carry our message directly to Pope Francis.
Written by Kathy Boylan of the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker in Washington, DC
Updates
August 3, 2015
Reaching this point has been a long and draining climb up a very steep hill. Seeing this many people acknowledge such a painful truth gives me the strength to keep pushing forward despite the silence we face.
Reached 100 supporters
August 3, 2015
46 Comments
The US is the #1 trader in weapons and #1 violator of international law, with its "regime change" agenda. All of which must be condemned.
I pray Pope Francis shows his prophetic strength when meeting with the government that constitutes the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today.
Yes, any condemnations of genocide must be balanced with all other atrocities that have occurred including those of the U.S.A. forces in Iraq.
This is a letter that so, so needed writing. The murderous hypocrisy of the most powerful nation on earth, which, aided by its Western allies, kills millions to impose its hegemony on the world is a shameful abomination.
Lett us not condemn the cruelty and hypocrisy committed in the name of our religion any less than we condemn them when perpetrated in the name of other religions.
Pope Francis. Many Catholics around the world including here in Australia have appreciated your standing up for the poor and for the environment. On your visit to the USA please speak strongly against the empire which has inflicted more pain upon the the world's poor and more harm to the environment than any in the history of the world. Thank you.
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No more war! Never again war! If you wish to be brothers, drop your weapons. Pope Paul VI
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The US is the #1 trader in weapons and #1 violator of international law, with its "regime change" agenda. All of which must be condemned.