Cardinal Baldassare Reina, vicar general of His Holiness for the Diocese of Rome, expressed solidarity with the Iranian people as he spoke to journalists at a prayer vigil for peace.
“We are close to the Iranian people and to all those who are suffering at this moment,” Cardinal Reina said. “History repeats itself, and there are so many innocent people being crucified.”
The prayer vigil took place on the evening of March 30 in Rome’s Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem. Cardinal Reina presided at the vigil, during which Cardinal Dominique Mathieu of Tehran prayed for peace.