{"id":21803,"date":"2017-04-05T08:14:08","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T08:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=21803"},"modified":"2017-04-07T13:41:59","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T13:41:59","slug":"iraq-pope-francis-appeals-urgent-protection-mosul-civilians-acn-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2017\/04\/05\/iraq-pope-francis-appeals-urgent-protection-mosul-civilians-acn-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis appeals for the urgent protection of Mosul civilians &#8211; ACN Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Pope Francis appeals for the urgent<\/strong> <strong>p<\/strong><strong>rotection of <\/strong><strong>Mosul c<\/strong><strong>ivilians <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>\u2018The Protection of Civilians Is an Imperative and Urgent Duty\u2019<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Speaking to an inter-religious Iraqi delegation, Pope Francis appealed for the protection of civilians in Iraq, which he said is \u201can imperative and urgent duty.\u201d Francis said \u201cI am happy to greet the delegation of Iraqi leaders made up of representatives of different religious groups, accompanied by Cardinal Tauran, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Francis then called for the protection of civilians in Mosul who were caught between terrorists and the advance of the Iraqi army: \u201cMy thought goes to the civilian populations trapped in the western districts of Mosul and to the displaced because of the war, to whom I feel united in suffering, through prayer and spiritual closeness. On expressing profound grief for the victims of the bloody conflict, I renew to all the appeal to commit themselves with all their strength in the protection of civilians, an imperative and urgent duty.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">The Pope pleaded for a future of reconciliation in Iraq. \u201cThe richness of the beloved Iraqi nation lies in this mosaic, which represents unity in diversity, strength in unity, prosperity in harmony. Dear Brothers, I encourage you to continue on this path and I invite to pray so that Iraq \u00a0finds peace, unity and prosperity in reconciliation and in harmony among its different ethnic and religious components.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">U.S. Forces acknowledged their responsibility for the 17 March air attack on Mosul, which caused the death of at least150 \u201cinnocent victims\u201d mainly women and children, and have launched an investigation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">The Chaldean Church also expressed \u201cprofound grief\u201d and \u201cgreat alarm\u201dat the killing of so many civilians. Local church committees were activated and instructed to provide food for evacuees fleeing Mosul. The Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, Monsignor Louis Raphael Sako, issued a message in which he stressed the need to protect and defend innocent lives during armed conflicts. Patriarch Sako urged those involved to respect the laws of war and the moral and religious obligation to protect and defend \u201cinnocent lives.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Sako expressed gratitude for the \u201csense of duty of the Iraqi military men\u201d and his satisfaction over \u201cthe advance of the Iraqi military forces in the districts of Mosul.\u201d He concluded by invoking Almighty God \u201cto protect Iraq and hasten the return to security, peace and stability.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>ACN Malta<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis appeals for the urgent protection of Mosul civilians &nbsp; \u2018The Protection of Civilians Is an Imperative and Urgent Duty\u2019 Speaking to an inter-religious Iraqi delegation, Pope Francis appealed for the protection of civilians in Iraq, which he said is \u201can imperative and urgent duty.\u201d Francis said \u201cI am happy to greet the delegation&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21805,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-newsletters"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pope Francis appeals for the urgent protection of Mosul civilians - ACN Malta - Aid to the Church in Need (Malta)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2017\/04\/05\/iraq-pope-francis-appeals-urgent-protection-mosul-civilians-acn-malta\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pope Francis appeals for the urgent protection of Mosul civilians - ACN Malta - Aid to the Church in Need (Malta)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pope Francis appeals for the urgent protection of Mosul civilians &nbsp; 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