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US President Joe Biden praised the “historic” visit of His Holiness Pope Francis, Pope of the Catholic Church, to Iraq, which ended yesterday, considering that it sent an “important” message of brotherhood and peace.
Biden wrote that seeing Pope Francis, visiting religious sites and Mosul, a city that suffered from violence a few years ago, “is a symbol of hope for the whole world.” After congratulating the “government and the Iraqi people” for organizing this “huge” visit, the US president renewed his “admiration” for Pope Francis. He praised the Pope’s commitment to “religious tolerance.”
Pope Francis returned to Rome yesterday, and with the exception of the Mass in Erbil, the Pope, due to the Corona pandemic, was only able to meet with a few hundred people in the Iraqi cities he visited, not the crowds he used to encounter. on his visits around the world.
In his speeches to the country, which declared its victory over ISIS at the end of 2017, he denounced “terrorism that offends religion”, calling for “peace” and “unity” in the Middle East, and expressed his regret at the departure of Christians from the region, considering it “damage cannot be estimated.”
He also performed prayers attended by religious officials from various sects in Iraq, for thousands of years, in Ur.
National dialogue
Meanwhile, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi called on the political forces and the opposition for an open and frank national dialogue with the Iraqi government on the basis of national interest. Al-Kazemi said yesterday in a televised speech: “We invite all the different political forces, popular and youth protesters and opponents of the government to the dialogue table responsible before our people and before history.” He said that Iraq has a real opportunity to regain its role in the region and the world, based on this responsibility The historical environment, and in the atmosphere of love and tolerance, which was reinforced by the visit of Pope Francis to the land of Iraq.
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