Posted on 07/29/2015 6:09:09 AM PDT by marshmallow
Papal visit to Baghdad would be welcomed by all, he says
- A visit by Pope Francis to the people of Iraq would give them desperately needed encouragement and strength, Chaldean Patriarch of Baghdad Louis Raphael I Sako said.
In an interview published on the Vatican Radio website, he urged Pope Francis to make a pastoral visit to Iraq to give the Arab world's embattled Christians hope and the strength "to persevere and not to leave".
Iraqi Christians feel close to the pontiff, "but they are awaiting his pastoral visit," the patriarch said. "We need his presence among us, so that he can give us so much strength, so much hope, not only for Christians but for everyone," said Sako.
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What an idiotic suggestion.
The Pope is too busy lecturing Europeans and Americans on why they should let their countries by invaded by Third Worlders to care too much about Christians being killed in the Middle East.
I don't want to see you kissing Muzzie butt and embarrass the RCC and the Christian faith in general...
Love him or hate him, a trip to Iraq would be near suicidal.
The Pope is into Mother Earth not the mothers,fathers,sons,and daughters of CO2 emitting Christians.
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