CNA: Sister Diana, a Dominican Sister of Saint Catherine of Siena, intended to take part in an Iraqi delegation planning to travel to Washington. She was to meet with the Senate and House foreign relations committees, the state department, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and several NGOs, according to Nina Shea, writing at the National Review blog The Corner May 3.
Her visit had the endorsement of U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) and was supported by two groups involved in international human rights.
On April 28, the U.S. consulate in Erbil told the nun that her visa application had been rejected. Sister Diana told Shea that a consular officer said that the visa was denied because she was an internally displaced person. More here.
