The symbolic meeting is the first of its kind between two such senior leaders in the Christian and Muslim world.
After arriving in a bullet-proof vehicle, a number of white doves were released as he stepped into the doorway, reflecting the themes at the heart of his four-day visit – peace, reconciliation and inter-faith dialogue.world and was seen as highly symbolic.
In a statement, he said: ‘Religious and spiritual leadership must play a big role to put a stop to tragedy … and urge sides, especially great powers, to make wisdom and sense prevail and erase the language of war.’ Francis walks between the crowd as he arrives to lead a mass at the Chaldean Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Baghdad Guests included the president, foreign minister and the speaker of the house of parliament
I come as a penitent, asking forgiveness from Heaven and our brothers for so much destruction and cruelty; a pilgrim of peace, in the name of Christ, Prince of Peace. How we have prayed, in these years, for peace inIraq has deployed thousands of security personnel to protect him during the tour, which comes after a spate of rocket and suicide bomb attacks and a surge in Covid-19 cases.
Francis paid tribute to ‘those of our brothers and sisters who here too have suffered prejudice and indignities, mistreatment and persecutions’
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