Bishop Bonnar calls for prayers for peace
YOUNGSTOWN — Bishop David Bonnar of the Diocese of Youngstown is urging clergy, religious women and people of faith in the six counties of the diocese to pray Pope Leo XIV’s prayer intention for March. In a statement released Monday, Bonnar echoes Pope Leo in a call for peace following weekend bombings in Iran by the U.S. and Israel, and retaliatory strikes by Iran in multiple countries in the Middle East where U.S. military bases are located. As part of the “Apostleship of Prayer” recognized by Pope Pius IX in 1849, adopted by Pope Leo XIII in 1890, and renamed the ...


