WORLD_ Vatican archbishop says force may be needed to combat ISIS: Interview

The Sunday Times

Vatican archbishop says force may be needed to combat ISIS: Interview

Published on Mar 15, 2015 9:59 AM



Visitors stand alongside marble columns as they queue to enter St Peter's Basilica in Vatican City on Tuesday, Feb 17, 2015. The Vatican's ambassador in Geneva says the use of force will be necessary to protect minority groups from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria's (ISIS') aggression if a political solution cannot be achieved. -- PHOTO: BLOOMBERG

ROME (Reuters) - The Vatican's ambassador in Geneva has said the use of force will be necessary to protect minority groups from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria's (ISIS') aggression if a political solution cannot be achieved.

In an interview with United States Catholic website Crux, Archbishop Silvano Tomasi said the militants, who have declared a cross-border caliphate after seizing land in eastern Syria and northern Iraq, were committing "genocide" and must be stopped. "What's needed is a coordinated and well-thought-out coalition to do everything possible to achieve a political settlement without violence," Crux quoted Archbishop Tomasi as saying on Friday, "but if that's not possible, then the use of force will be necessary".

Archbishop Tomasi's words follow repeated condemnations of ISIS by Pope Francis, who decried the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya in February and has said it is "lawful" to stop an unjust aggressor.

The ambassador's comments were published on the same day a group of countries led by the Holy See, Russia and Lebanon issued a statement calling on the international community to support all ethnic and religious communities in the Middle East.

READ MORE: http://www.straitstimes.com/news/world/middle-east/story/vatican-archbishop-says-force-may-be-needed-combat-isis-interview-20150

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