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Date of source: Saturday, December 11, 1999
The Vatican announced that they were informed by Iraq that the boycott imposed by the United Nations and the no-flying zones will make the Pope’s visit to the city of Ur impossible.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 24, 1999
Pope John Paul hopes to fulfill his dream of tracing the footsteps of Jesus Christ next March when he makes a visit to Holy Land sites ruled by Israel and the Palestinian Authority, the Vatican said Wednesday.
Date of source: Monday, November 15, 1999
Iraq’s Roman Catholic patriarch said on Sunday that Pope John Paul’s trip to Iraq could start between Jan. 16 and 20 next year. The Vatican sends a high-level delegation next weekend to discuss details of the trip.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 26, 1999
Plans for Pope John Paul to visit Iraq are on hold for the moment, the Vatican’s foreign minister said on Monday. Archbishop Jean-Louis Tauran told Vatican Radio that preparations for the trip, were in "a pause for reflection."
Date of source: Saturday, October 23, 1999
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein congratulated Pope John-Paul II on Friday on the 21st anniversary of the start of his pontificate, amidst rumors that the Pope’s visit to Iraq, planned for December, could be postponed until next year.
Date of source: Friday, October 22, 1999
A group calling itself ’An elite of Iraqi thinkers and intellectuals’ criticized the visit of Pope John Paul II to Iraq because the statements made are not in accordance with Islam.
Date of source: Monday, October 18, 1999
The Vatican and Iraq have begun to plan a possible visit by Pope John Paul II to Iraq to celebrate the Millennium, sources at the Vatican embassy in Baghdad said on Sunday.
Date of source: Thursday, October 14, 1999
Iraqi Catholics, hoping for relief from sanctions, look forward to a proposed visit by Pope John Paul II. If there’s any hope among Iraqi Christians that things could take a turn for the better, it’s pinned on an upcoming visit by Pope John Paul II.
Date of source: Friday, October 8, 1999
Iraq’s leading Christian cleric said Wednesday he believed Pope John Paul II remained committed to a controversial millennium pilgrimage to Iraq and that he expected him to meet President Saddam Hussein.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 2, 1999
Vatican circles are currently concerned with preparations for a program that will bring Pope John Paul II to the Sinai in Egypt, Ur in Iraq, and occupied Jerusalem. An apology by the head of the Church for the Crusades will open a new era of relationships not only between the West and Muslims but...
Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.