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The Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network released a video on March 5 associated with the March papal prayer intention (for disarmament and peace).

“Disarm our hearts of hatred, resentment, and indifference, so we may become instruments of reconciliation,” Pope Leo prayed in the video. “Help us understand that true security does not come from control fueled by fear, but from trust, justice, and solidarity among peoples.”

“Lord, enlighten the leaders of the nations, so they may have the courage to abandon projects of death, halt the arms race, and place the lives of the most vulnerable at the center,” the Pope continued. “May the nuclear threat never again dictate the future of humanity.”

Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago said in an interview that the legitimacy of US attacks on Iran is “very questionable.”

“I think that it is very questionable on why we would do that if there is no immediate threat that’s there that has to be nullified,” Cardinal Cupich told Vatican News in response to the question, “is it legitimate to launch military attacks against a sovereign country and under what conditions?”

“As far as I understand and seeing that there was no immediate threat that was part of what was happening in this country,” he continued. “We have been told that the nuclear capabilities of Iran, the Iranian government have been neutralized by a bombing that took place months ago. And so, the sovereignty of a nation is very important.”