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by bcadmin | Apr 14, 2021 | Church in the Middle East, Iraq, Iraqi Christians, lead, News, Patriarch Louis Sako, Pope Francis, Pope in Iraq | 0 |
Pope Francis has sent a letter to Iraqi Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako voicing thanks for his visit to Iraq last month and praising the local church for its charitable activities and its role in working to rebuild the country.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 23, 2021 | Cardinal Mario Zenari, Christian-Muslim relations, Church in the Middle East, Homs, Iraq, lead, News, Pope in Iraq, Syria, Vatican diplomacy | 0 |
Several top Church officials in Syria, including the Vatican’s ambassador to the country, have praised Pope Francis’s visit to Iraq earlier this month, saying the visit sent a message of hope to the entire region.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 18, 2021 | Ayaltollah Ali al-Sistani, Cardinal Wilton Gregory, Church in the US, lead, News, Pope Francis, Pope in Iraq | 0 |
The meeting between Pope Francis and Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Husaymi al-Sistani can make a difference in America, says Cardinal Wilton Gregory, because it demonstrated “that people from different religious traditions can work together in a spirit of dialogue and mutual respect.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 16, 2021 | Ayaltollah Ali al-Sistani, Cardinal Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot, Interreligious dialogue, Interviews, Iraq, lead, News, Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, Pope in Iraq | 0 |
A top papal aide has praised Pope Francis’s meeting with Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Husaymi al-Sistani while in Iraq earlier this month has been praised by a top papal aide as a significant step forward in Catholic relations with Shia Islam.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 14, 2021 | Church in the Middle East, Iraq, lead, News, Pope Francis, Pope in Iraq, Raphael Sako | 0 |
As the dust settles on Pope Francis’s historic March 5-8 visit to Iraq, people in the troubled country inspired by what they saw and heard from the pontiff are hoping his message has last impact.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 12, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Christians in Iraq, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, Iraqi Christians, News, Persecuted Christians, Pope Francis in Iraq, Pope in Iraq | 0 |
The story of Doha Sabah Abdallah’s personal tragedy and loss deeply resonated with Pope Francis during his historic visit last weekend to the northern Iraqi town of Qaraqosh, once devastated by Islamic State group militants.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 11, 2021 | Church in the Middle East, Iraq, Jordan, lead, News, Pope Francis, Pope in Iraq, Refugees | 0 |
Imagine fleeing your home in the middle of the night to escape anti-Christian violence, spending years stranded as a refugee in a neighboring country, and watching the pope visit your home city.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 10, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, General Audience, News, Pope Francis, Pope in Iraq, Vatican | 0 |
Despite years of suffering due to war and terrorism, the people of Iraq continue to look to the future with hope, Pope Francis said.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 10, 2021 | Church in the Middle East, Iraqi Christians, lead, News, Papal travel, Pope Francis, Pope in Iraq, Women, Yazidis | 0 |
Even though Pope Francis has left Iraq, there have been several significant developments in the country that observers are already crediting to the papal visit.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 9, 2021 | Church in the Middle East, Currents News, Diocese of Brooklyn, Isis, lead, Monsignor Kieran Harrington, News, Pope in Iraq | 0 |
From his experience in Iraq in 2018, Monsignor Kieran Harrington doesn’t look at one stop, or moment, from Pope Francis’ trip to Iraq as most significant. Rather, it’s the fact that the Holy Father was there in the first place.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 9, 2021 | Alan Kurdi, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, lead, migrants and refugees, News, Pope Francis, Pope in Iraq | 0 |
Abdullah Kurdi, the father of the young refugee boy who death five years ago woke the world up to the reality of the migration crisis, has described his recent meeting with Pope Francis as the best birthday present that he’s ever received.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 8, 2021 | Ali al-Sistani, Catholic News Service, Christians in Iraq, Church in the Middle East, dialogue with Islam, Iraq, Iraqi Christians, Isis, News, Pope Francis, Pope in Iraq | 0 |
Pope Francis’s historic visit to the Middle East’s most conflict-riven nation gives hope and comfort to Iraqis of all faiths, and some would even say to Arabs beyond Iraq’s borders.
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