Washington D.C., Jul 19, 2007 / 08:08 am
The U.S. bishops have agreed to meet with a group of Catholic House Democrats to discuss a “responsible transition” to end the war in Iraq.
The bishops also reiterated their call for members of Congress and the Bush Administration to break the political stalemate in Washington and pursue a bipartisan policy to end the war as soon as possible.
The call was noted in a July 17 letter from Bishop Thomas G. Wenski of Orlando, Florida, chairman of the bishops’ Committee on International Policy. The letter was in response to a June 28 request for a meeting on Iraq from Rep. Tim Ryan (D/Ohio) and 13 other House Democrats.
“Our Conference hopes to work with the Congress and the Administration to forge bipartisan policies on ways to bring about a responsible transition and an end to the war,” Bishop Wenski wrote in his letter.