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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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.
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Mar 06, 2021 10:49 AM EST
During Pope Francis visit, a rebel group linked to a recent rocket attack on U.S. forces in Iraq has called a ceasefire, a grudging suspension of hostilities that hints at the papal tour s strategic significance.
The militant group declares ceasefire for Pope Francis Iraq Visit
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select Iraq s top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, is pictured during a meeting with then-U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Najaf, Iraq, in this July 24, 2014, file photo. Pope Francis is scheduled to meet with al-Sistani during his March 5-8 visit to Iraq, according to Cardinal Louis Sako, the Baghdad-based patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church. Cardinal Sako briefed jo