Pope says legitimate for world to stop Islamist aggression in Iraq


  • World
  • Tuesday, 19 Aug 2014

Iraq's fugitive vice president Tarek al-Hashemi gestures during an interview with Reuters in Istanbul June 16, 2014. REUTERS/Osman Orsal/Files

ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Monday the international community would be justified in stopping Islamist militants in Iraq, but that it should not be up to a single nation to decide how to intervene in the conflict.

The leader of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics made his comments in an hour-long conversation with reporters aboard a plane returning from a trip to South Korea that ranged from international diplomacy to his health and future travel plans.

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