Few issues are as contentious as the ongoing war in Iraq. The bishops of the United States and others within the Church have had important, albeit challenging and disconcerting, things to say about the war. Links to a few of those statements are offered here:
Another Advent at War
Pax Christi USA: Resources to pray and act for peace
A Call for Bipartisan Cooperation on
Responsible Transition in Iraq
Bishop William S. Skylstad, November 13, 2007
Questions and Answers on the War in Iraq
Bishop Thomas G. Wenski, November 2007
Pax Christi International resolution on Iraq
November 1, 2007
Letter to Congress and Administration Officials on
Iraq
Bishop Thomas G. Wenski, September 27, 2007
Letter to Members of Congress on Iraq
Bishop Thomas G. Wenski, July 17, 2007
Bishops' Statement on President Bush's
Plan for Iraq
Bishop William S. Skylstad, January 12, 2007
A Time of Hope in the Midst of a World at War
By Bishop Gabino Zavala, Bishop
President of Pax Christi USA, First Sunday of Advent 2006
Other U.S. Bishops' statements on Iraq