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Cardinals Denounce Iran War
March 13, 2026
Following the United States and Israel’s overnight missile barrage of Iran on Feb. 28 and the widening war across the Middle East, a number of U.S. bishops have spoken out in opposition to the war.
In a March 9 article in America Magazine, Edward Desciak reports on statements made by Cardinals McElroy and Cupich who voice concerns that war has become “a spectator sport.”
Cardinal Cupich urged the American people not to “become addicted to the ‘spectacle’ of explosions.” “Our government is treating the suffering of the Iranian people as a backdrop for our own entertainment,” he wrote, “as if it’s just another piece of content to be swiped through while we’re waiting in line at the grocery store.”
“I know that the American people are better than this. We have the good sense to know that what is happening is not entertainment but war, and that Iran is a nation of people, not a video game others play to entertain us,” he concluded.
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