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Press Conference on Return to Rome from Iraq

“This is something important, human fraternity – how as men and women we are all brothers and sisters – .”

“If God is the God of life – for so he is – then it is wrong for us to kill our brothers and sisters in his Name.”

“The Church in Iraq, by God’s grace, is already doing much to proclaim this wonderful wisdom of the cross.”

“Let us offer thanks to God for his gracious gifts and ask him to grant his peace, forgiveness and fraternity to this land and its people.”

“This blessed place brings us back to our origins, to the sources of God’s work, to the birth of our religions.”

“The religious, cultural and ethnic diversity that has been a hallmark of Iraqi society for millennia is a precious resource on which to draw.”