“What a terrible thing it is that billions — and I mean billions — of pounds are being spent on war in the Middle East which could have been spent bringing people out of dire poverty and malnourishment and disease.”

— Cardinal Cormac Murphy O’Connor, one of Britian’s most influential Roman Catholics.  

The trinity of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Pope, and Roman Catholic Cardinal Cormac Murphy O’Connor all took the opportunity in their Christmas messages to address the current situation in Iraq.  While the Pope was the most modest in his criticisms, the Archbishop of Canterbury and Cardinal Murphy O’Connor openly condemned the war in Iraq and the prevalent climate of fear.

Mimi Hanaoka