The chaotic withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan was due in part to a lack of foreseeing all possible eventualities, Pope Francis said in a new interview. “The way to negotiate a withdrawal, an exit, from what we see here it seems that –– I don’t want to judge –– not all the eventualities were taken into account,” the pope said in an excerpt of an interview with COPE, the radio network owned by the Spanish bishops’ conference, released Aug. 31. During the 90-minute interview, which will be broadcast Sept. 1, the pope will address health concerns, the legalization of euthanasia in Spain, the question of Catalan independence as well as the situation in Afghanistan, COPE said. When asked if the Vatican could use its diplomatic power to discourage the new regime from waging reprisals against the people, the pope said, “Yes, in fact, the secretary of state (Cardinal Pietro Parolin) is doing that.”
Not all ‘eventualities’ considered in Afghanistan withdrawal, pope says – Detroit Catholic: Read Catholic News & Stories
Not all ‘eventualities’ considered in Afghanistan withdrawal, pope says – Detroit Catholic: Read Catholic News & Stories
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