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Pope Francis Pushes Help for Middle Eastern Christians to Return Home
12 Dec 2020
ROME Pope Francis urged the international community to assist Christians forced out of the Middle East in their efforts to return to their homelands.
In a video message Thursday to the participants in an online meeting about the Syrian and Iraqi humanitarian crisis, the pope said that the “beloved populations of Syria, Iraq, and neighboring countries” are still afflicted by “very serious problems.”
“My thoughts go especially to the people who had to leave their homes to escape the horrors of war, in search of better living conditions for themselves and their loved ones,” the pontiff stated. “In particular, I remember the Christians forced to abandon the places where they were born and grew up, where their faith developed and was enriched.”