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US bishops’ leader rebukes Trump after he threatens Iran’s ‘whole civilization will die tonight’

April 7, 2026April 7, 2026

By Kate Scanlon, OSV News Top photo caption: A destroyed vehicle is seen amid rubble at the site of a strike on a residential building in Tehran, Iran, March 16, 2026, amid the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. U.S. President Donald Trump on April 7 sharply ramped up his threats against Iran, warning "a whole civilization…...