Experts say Iraqi government struggling to secure Christian future
Now months since from Pope Francis’s trip to Iraq the country’s Christian population remains hopeful, but nothing has changed, experts say.
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by bcadmin | Jun 27, 2021 | Ayaltollah Ali al-Sistani, Christians in Iraq, Church in the Middle East, Isis, lead, News, papal trip, Pope Francis, Religious Freedom | 0 |
Now months since from Pope Francis’s trip to Iraq the country’s Christian population remains hopeful, but nothing has changed, experts say.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 27, 2021 | Ayaltollah Ali al-Sistani, Bishop Brian Farrell, Cardinal Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot, China, Ecumenism, intercommunion, Interreligious dialogue, lead, News, Vatican | 0 |
Two prominent Vatican prelates waded into hot-button issues in the areas of ecumenical and interfaith dialogue, voicing a desire to increase dialogue with China and outlining the Catholic Church’s rules for intercommunion.
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 7, 2021 | Ayaltollah Ali al-Sistani, Coronavirus pandemic, Fratelli Tutti, Iraq, lead, News, News Analysis, Papal travel, Pope Francis, Pope in Iraq, Shiites | 0 |
If you’d polled 100 Vatican officials and papal diplomats six months ago, probably 99 would have counseled against a papal trip to Iraq.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 6, 2021 | Ayaltollah Ali al-Sistani, Catholic-Muslim relations, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, Iraqi Christians, Islam, News, Pope Francis, Pope in Iraq, Shiites | 0 |
On Saturday Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi announced a day of tolerance and coexistence in honor of Pope Francis’s historic meeting with top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Sistani earlier that morning.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 5, 2021 | Ayaltollah Ali al-Sistani, Church in the Middle East, Isis, lead, News, Ninevah Plains, Pope in Iraq, USCIRF | 0 |
U.S. Religious Freedom commissioner Nadine Maenza hopes that Pope Francis’s presence in Iraq can “shine a light” on the situation for the whole world.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 4, 2021 | Ayaltollah Ali al-Sistani, Catholic-Muslim relations, Iraq, Islam, lead, News, News Analysis, Papal travel, Shi’a Islam | 0 |
Pope Francis’s visit to Iraq could help water a fertile ground for Catholic-Shi’a Islam dialogue.
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