Beyond tribalism An imam’s account of Pope Francis’ Iraq visit
During his trip to Iraq, Pope Francis landed in and departed from Baghdad. Newspapers present this ...
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(Di lunedì 8 marzo 2021)
During his trip to
Iraq,
Pope Francis landed in and departed from Baghdad. Newspapers present this city as the capital of a region heavy with misery, exhibiting the signs of destruction left by the fratricidal conflicts of opposing nationalisms or the violence of the militants of terror.
These signs seem to mark the faces of the people who live in Baghdad and the region, leaving them without hope and, perhaps, with a faith that closes up because of the distrust of the other, distrust of the neighbor, distrust of the believer, distrust of the government. A closure of the soul that causes people to think only of themselves and to live in the here-and-now, to worry about the health emergency that spreads disregarding borders.