Women religious call for withdrawal of troops from Iraq

Published: 2005-09-07

ANAHEIM, Calif. (CNS) -- The Leadership Conference of Women Religious has called on the U.S. government to "develop a responsible plan" for the withdrawal of troops in Iraq and to "redirect needed resources to meet human needs at home and in other parts of the world." In a statement approved at the LCWR assembly, held Aug. 19-22 in Anaheim, the leaders of women's religious orders said, "War dehumanizes and diminishes all of the human community and devastates Earth." The statement added, "The ongoing war in Iraq is taking an immense toll on human life, not only of young men and women in the military but also the lives of innocent civilians of all ages." It said, "This war has caused untold damage to the land and to the infrastructures of Iraq." The women religious also expressed "grave concerns about the alienation and diminishment of the moral and political leadership of the United States in the world community."

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