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From Mosul s rubble-strewn streets to ancient churches at Karamlesh, badly damaged by the Islamic State group, Archbishop Najeeb Michaeel is preparing for the first-ever papal visit to Iraq.
Amid the cleanup and reconstruction, the priest has ensured some scars of war from IS s brutal campaign remain - a broken chalice, a smashed cross on a church bell tower - to remember the horrors the Christians of Iraq s Nineveh plains have survived. We forgive, without forgetting, said Michaeel, the Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Mosul, as he visited Karamlesh and other war-ravaged Christian villages of northern Iraq. But the most important thing is that joy enters the hearts of all, because this is not a simple formal visit - it is a spiritual moment, he said with an infectious smile.
Amid scars of war, Iraqi archbishop readies for pope
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Karamlesh (Iraq) (AFP)
From Mosul s rubble-strewn streets to ancient churches at Karamlesh, badly damaged by the Islamic State group, Archbishop Najeeb Michaeel is preparing for the first-ever papal visit to Iraq.
Amid the cleanup and reconstruction, the priest has ensured some scars of war from IS s brutal campaign remain a broken chalice, a smashed cross on a church bell tower to remember the horrors the Christians of Iraq s Nineveh plains have survived. We forgive, without forgetting, said Michaeel, the Chaldean Catholic Archbishop of Mosul, as he visited Karamlesh and other war-ravaged Christian villages of northern Iraq.
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