ATICAN CITY — The Vatican, once again backing war to stop the ruthless Islamic State, is demanding that Christians and other religious minorities have the right to return to their homes in Iraq and Syria.

Pope Francis summoned Vatican ambassadors from across the region for three days of meetings. At the conclusion Saturday, they reaffirmed that military force was justified to stop the Islamic State group and that Muslim and Christian religious leaders must denounce the “instrumentalization of religion to justify violence.”

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