Demonstrators hold a banner in January 2002 asking the U.S. church to “say no” to the war on terrorism in Assisi, Italy. St. John Paul II was meeting in Assisi with religious leaders from around the world to pray for an end to terrorism, war and violence. (CNS photo by Alessia Giuliani, Catholic Press Photo) (June 5, 2014) See VATICAN LETTER June 5, 2014.