Francis in Iraq arguably the most emblematic papal trip of all time
If you’d polled 100 Vatican officials and papal diplomats six months ago, probably 99 would have counseled against a papal trip to Iraq.
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by 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 | Catholic News Service, Catholic-Muslim relations, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, Iraqi Christians, Islam, News, Pope Francis, Pope in Iraq, Shiites | 0 |
Pope Francis told Iraqi Christians that when they suffer discrimination, persecution or war, the Eight Beatitudes are addressed to them.
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.
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