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Author of the article: Lubomyr Luciuk Publishing date: Jul 09, 2021  •  4 hours ago  •  4 minute read Statue at Spirit Lake, Que., of the "Interned Madonna," by John Boxte. Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association Article content Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reminded Canadians last month that: “As a Catholic, I am deeply disappointed by the position … the Catholic Church has taken now and over the past many years,” not “showing the leadership that quite frankly is supposed to be at the core of our faith, of forgiveness...

Pope Francis landed in Baghdad on Friday on the first ever papal visit to Iraq, a deeply symbolic and potentially dangerous trip to rally the country's dwindling Christian population. The 84-year old was greeted on the runway by Mustafa al-Kadhimi, the Prime Minister, an honour guard and lines of dancers wearing the traditional costumes of Iraq's numerous ethnic groups. Andrew Medichini/AP Pope Francis leaves the Sayidat al-Nejat (Our Lady of Salvation) Cathedral, in Baghdad, Iraq. In 2010, one of Iraq's worst massacres of Christians by Islamic militants took place in an attack that left 58 ...

Pope urges end to violence as he makes historic Iraq visit  No pope has ever visited Iraq, home to one of the world's oldest Christian communities 5 March 2021 • 4:33pm Pope Francis visits the Syro-Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Salvation in Baghdad Credit: Sam Tarling Pope Francis landed in Baghdad on Friday on the first ever papal visit to Iraq, a deeply symbolic and potentially dangerous trip to rally the country's dwindling Christian population.  The 84-year old was greeted on the runway by Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, an honour guard in white plumed helmets, and lines of da...

Cairo: Pope Francis is due to land in Iraq Friday on the first visit by the head of the Catholic Church to the Middle Eastern country long roiled by conflicts. The whirlwind four-day trip will take the 84-year-old pontiff to several sites in Iraq amid security and pandemic concerns. The visit will be Francis’ first outside Italy in more than a year after previous foreign trips were cancelled due to the global pandemic. It is heralded as a visit of solidarity with and hope for Iraq’s minority Christians who have felt the impact of decades of wars, sectarian strife and atrocities by the Dae...

Trip will send message of hope to diminished community, promote inter-faith coexistence