Amb. David words about the Pope's visit to Iraq
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3/9/2021
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Pope Francis trip to Iraq was “certainly of great impact and followed throughout the world. Israel is a multicultural and multireligious country where everyone is allowed to pray freely and wear their own religious symbols and it is therefore natural that we welcome Pope Francis message for peace and security, a strong message against violence and terrorism and in favor of religions which must bring to their faithful a message of peace, dialogue and coexistence”. With these words, the ambassador of Israel to the Holy See, Oren David, comments to SIR on the journey of Pope Francis to Iraq which ended yesterday.
The first trip of a Pope to the Middle Eastern country which saw a historic meeting in Ur, land of Abraham, father of the three monotheistic faiths, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. "Abraham - declares the ambassador - is a central figure in Judaism and his story is told in Genesis and is also recognized by Christians and Muslims. Ur is the homeland of Abraham and we are all children of him.
This Pope’s trip can help us to rediscover ourselves as brothers, to put aside hatred and intolerance, especially that of a religious matrix ".
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