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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.
The Vatican announced yesterday that Pope John Paul II will not visit Iraq before January next year.
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.
Opposition to Pope John Paul’s possible trip to Iraq widened Thursday when Iraqi dissident groups joined the United States and Jewish leaders in expressing concern about the visit.
Intention of Pope John Paul II to visit Iraq, among other countries in the Middle East, for millennium celebrations, has been known for over a year. But this week the United States made its disapproval of the impending trip public as it has become clear that the Vatican organizers are going ahead...
Pope John Paul II will make a "pilgrimage" in Iraq at the beginning of December and will meet President Saddam Hussein, the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Raphael Bidawid said on August 27. "The dates have not yet been fixed but the visit will take place between December 2 and 5," the Baghdad-based...
Beirut: Iraq’s Catholic Patriarch said yesterday that Pope John Paul might visit Iraq during the first week of December.
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