{"id":24917,"date":"2017-10-03T06:59:29","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T06:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=24917"},"modified":"2017-10-03T06:59:29","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T06:59:29","slug":"back-roots-acns-iraq-reconstruction-project-officially-launched-maria-lozano-acn-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2017\/10\/03\/back-roots-acns-iraq-reconstruction-project-officially-launched-maria-lozano-acn-international\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBack to the Roots\u201d \u2013\u00a0 ACN\u2019s Iraq reconstruction project officially launched &#8211; Maria Lozano &#8211; ACN International"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h3><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cBack to the Roots\u201d \u2013\u00a0 ACN\u2019s Iraq reconstruction project officially <\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">launched\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">at Rome conference<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u201cFacilitate the return and guarantee the protection\u201d. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin calls for the respect of the rights of Christians in Iraq.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Cardinal was speaking at a conference organised by the Pontifical Foundation <strong><em>Aid to the Church in Need (ACN)<\/em><\/strong> on Thursday 28 September in Rome to support the return of the Iraqi Christians to their former homes in the Nineveh plains. This is a major concern for the Holy See which, as Cardinal Parolin emphasised, \u201chas missed no opportunity to speak out on behalf of these Christians, reiterating on numerous occasions the necessity of facilitating their return and ensuring adequate measures of protection and respect for their rights\u201d. The Secretary of State expressed his gratitude for \u201cthe support provided by ACN in the three years since the ISIS invasion, which has enabled the many uprooted Christian families to endure this situation with dignity and insecurity\u201d. At the same time, however, he emphasised that although \u201cmuch has been done, yet much remains to be done\u201d and called for support for the ACN sponsored reconstruction programme \u201c<em>Return to the Roots<\/em>\u201d, showing the charity that \u201cthis so-called \u2018Marshall Plan\u2019 for the Plains of Nineveh, is yet another sign of the concern you have shown, with a sense of urgency and with remarkable efficiency and organization.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako, another of the keynote speakers at the conference, also denounced the \u201cgenocide\u201d of the Christians in Iraq, whose numbers have declined in recent years from 1.5 million people to less than 500,000:\u00a0 \u201cThe real reason behind this kind of discrimination is the hatred of the radical Muslim persecutors towards the Christians, which has driven them to wipe away our heritage, destroy our homes and even to remove us from the memory of Iraqi history\u201d, he said, adding, \u201c<strong><em>This is genocide by all possible means\u201d. <\/em><\/strong>Answering the question as to how the international community can prevent this terrible tragedy from continuing, Patriarch Sako said: \u201cWe urge those in charge to be seriously open-minded. The United States of America especially bears a moral responsibility to \u2018diagnose\u2019 the reality of what is happening in Iraq and the region\u201d, he added. The Chaldean Patriarch highlighted five points for immediate action \u2013 educational support, political support, security and stabilization of the liberated areas, humanitarian assistance and defeating fundamentalism and terrorism.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For his part, the Apostolic Nuncio in Jordan and Iraq, Archbishop Alberto Ortega Martin, outlined the \u201ccomplex situation of the region\u201d, and mentioned, as an example,\u00a0 \u201cthe referendum being pursued by President Masoud Barzani of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan, which took place on Monday 25 September\u201d. The archbishop recalled the importance of the Christians in the region and called on all people to \u201ccommit themselves to the protection of the religious minorities and at the same terms sponsor aid for development and the promotion of peace\u201d. This would help \u201cget to the root of the situation and help to prevent the crisis of emigration\u201d, he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The conference, which took place 27 \u2013 28 September in Rome, was \u201ca call to the international community \u2013 politicians, entrepreneurs, ambassadors and other organisations \u2013 at a crucial moment in time in order to make possible the return of the Christians to their ancestral homes\u201d, according to Philipp Ozores, the Secretary-General of ACN. \u201cNow is the time to help\u201d, he said. \u201cWe are working with benefactors around the world to support our Iraqi brothers and sisters and keep their hope alive. But the action of governments is indispensable in order to bring the reconstruction to a larger scale and guarantee the rights of the Christians. We are conscious that Iraq is still in a difficult moment. But we are certain that if we do not help the Christians in Iraq today, there will be no need to even talk about this topic tomorrow.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5><em><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Maria Lozano \u2013 ACN International<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBack to the Roots\u201d \u2013\u00a0 ACN\u2019s Iraq reconstruction project officially launched\u00a0at Rome conference &nbsp; \u201cFacilitate the return and guarantee the protection\u201d. Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin calls for the respect of the rights of Christians in Iraq. 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