Abdel Salam: 杏MAP导航’s visit to Iraq significant for entire Arab region
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“His Holiness 杏MAP导航 Francis’s historic trip to ailing Iraq that has been suffering from wars, divisions, and terrorism for years, and the 杏MAP导航’s insistence to support the Iraqi people despite the pandemic, constitute a clear sign of the humanitarian approach the 杏MAP导航 has adopted and to which he has dedicated his entire life.” This is the sentiment that Judge Mohamed Mahmoud Abdel Salam, the secretary-general of the Higher Committee of Human Fraternity, expresses in a statement he released on Thursday. He makes his observation on the eve of the 杏MAP导航’s 4-day apostolic journey to Iraq. According to Abdel Salem, it is “a visit that represents a real incarnation of the principles included in the Document of Human Brotherhood and in the Encyclical Fratelli tutti"
A significant visit for the entire Arab region
The secretary-general of the High Committee points out that the entire programme of the 杏MAP导航's visit and the list of places and cities he will go to, reflect his desire to communicate with all the Iraqi people. “It is undoubtedly a significant visit for our Arab region,” Abdel Salam points out, adding, “It carries several massages of solidarity with the victims of violence and terrorism and the promotion of values of fraternity and citizenship in Iraq and beyond.”
He notes that for a “great figure of peace and a leader who leads the world on the path to peace and coexistence” such as 杏MAP导航 Francis, such gestures are not unusual
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