Iran

Catholic organizations urge Biden to return U.S. to Iran nuclear deal
- Feb 27, 2021
A contingent of national Catholic organizations has called on President Joe Biden to undertake steps to have the United States rejoin the Iran nuclear deal in an effort to promote peace and international security.

By Catholic News Service
Venezuelan bishop warns of Iran’s rising influence in the country
- Nov 20, 2020
According to one Venezuelan bishop, the world should be concerned by the growing military presence of Iran in his country.

By Inés San Martín
Jerusalem’s Palm Sunday march scaled back due to coronavirus
- Apr 5, 2020
A small group of Franciscan monks and Catholic faithful took to the streets of Jerusalem’s Christian Quarter in the Old City Sunday to distribute olive branches after the traditional Palm Sunday procession was cancelled due to restrictions imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus.

By Moshe Edri

Iranian cleric pleads with pope to help end U.S. sanctions
- Mar 23, 2020
Citing the increasing loss of lives to COVID-19 and a lack of medical resources, an Iranian cleric has urged Pope Francis to do what he can to help get U.S. sanctions against Iran lifted.

By Carol Glatz

On the coronavirus, rapid aging, falling fertility and Humanae Vitae
- Mar 18, 2020
There may be a correlation between declining fertility rates and rapidly rising elderly populations in many societies around the world, and the extent to which those societies have been impacted by the coronavirus.

By John L. Allen Jr.
Edmonton recalls members of Iranian community killed in Tehran crash
- Jan 14, 2020
More than 2,500 people filled the Saville Community Sports Centre at the University of Alberta Jan. 12 to remember the lives of 13 Edmontonians and 163 others lost when Ukrainian Airlines International Flight PS752 was shot down by a missile shortly after takeoff from Tehran.

By Andrew Ehrkamp
Pope warns US/Iran tensions could trigger ‘vaster conflict’
- Jan 9, 2020
In his annual speech to the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See, Pope Francis again voiced concern for escalating tensions between the United States and Iran, urging both parties to exercise restraint in order to avoid a vast, regional conflict.

By Elise Harris
Iraqis hope attacks by U.S., Iran will ease and tensions will decrease
- Jan 8, 2020
Iraqis hope the violent attacks by the U.S. and Iran will ease and that moves to decrease tensions will take hold, said an Iraqi archbishop.

By Dale Gavlak