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Media: The Associated Press
Byline: n/a
Date: 22 October 2006
Body:
ROME_Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday appealed to political and religious leaders
in Iraq and the world to help the conflict-ridden country in its
reconstruction, and expressed solidarity with the Christian community and
all victims of the violence there.
In his Sunday prayer in St. Peter's Square, Benedict also sent his "cordial
greetings" to Muslims, who are celebrating the holy Muslim month of Ramadan,
and wished them "serenity and peace."
The pope expressed worry for the "news coming out of Iraq on the very grave
situation of insecurity and brutal violence to which many are subjected only
because (they are) Shiites, Sunnis or Christians."
Benedict appealed to "the religious leaders, the political leaders, both
local and of the world, to support those people on the path to
reconstructing their homeland, in the search of a shared balance, in mutual
respect, in the awareness that the plurality of its components is an
integral part of its wealth."
"I perceive the great worry that runs through the Christian community and I
intend to assure that I am close to it, as I am to all victims," the pope
said.
Byline: n/a
Date: 22 October 2006
Body:
ROME_Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday appealed to political and religious leaders
in Iraq and the world to help the conflict-ridden country in its
reconstruction, and expressed solidarity with the Christian community and
all victims of the violence there.
In his Sunday prayer in St. Peter's Square, Benedict also sent his "cordial
greetings" to Muslims, who are celebrating the holy Muslim month of Ramadan,
and wished them "serenity and peace."
The pope expressed worry for the "news coming out of Iraq on the very grave
situation of insecurity and brutal violence to which many are subjected only
because (they are) Shiites, Sunnis or Christians."
Benedict appealed to "the religious leaders, the political leaders, both
local and of the world, to support those people on the path to
reconstructing their homeland, in the search of a shared balance, in mutual
respect, in the awareness that the plurality of its components is an
integral part of its wealth."
"I perceive the great worry that runs through the Christian community and I
intend to assure that I am close to it, as I am to all victims," the pope
said.
