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Pontiff Follows 'the Footsteps Of Abraham' To End Un...
Page 1 from 28th May 1999Pope to meet Saddam in the autumn By Bruce Johnston in Rome THE POPE is to travel to Iraq "in the footsteps of Abraham" in the autumn, probably in......
By Viviane Hewitt In Rome
Page 1 from 8th March 1991IN a symbolic gesture of reconciliation in the aftermath of the Gulf war, Cardinal Basil Hume and the Patriarch of Baghdad, Raphael I Bidawid......
Churchman Helps In Hostage Release
Page 2 from 7th December 1990A MELK1TE archbishop, once jailed by the Israeli authorities for arms trafficking in the Middle East, was this week being credited with the release......
Middle East
Page 2 from 4th February 2000Cleric blasts sanctions A LEADING Iraqi cleric has branded the United Nations embargo on his country as a "slaughter of the innocents". Patriarch......
Pope Was Ready To Go To Baghdad
Page 1 from 25th January 1991by Viviane Hewitt in Rome POPE John Paul II was ready to leave Rome for Baghdad on a peace mission when war broke out according to the Catholic......
Middle East
Page 4 from 7th July 2000West accused . of genocide AN IRAQI Church leader has accused the West of genocide for the trade embargo against his country. Patriarch Raphael......
Embargo Criticised
Page 2 from 13th September 1991IRAQ'S Catholic patriarch has called for an end to the UN sponsored economic emarbgo against his country. In an interview with an Italian magazine,......
Middle East
Page 4 from 2nd November 2001Patriarch fears war in Iraq A LEADING Iraqi cleric said he feared the United States would soon attack Iraq as part of its war on terrorism, a move......