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Pope calls for an end to Iraq sanctions, says Catholics will share in
suffering of Iraqis on day of fast
VATICAN CITY, Dec 11, 2001 (AP WorldStream via COMTEX) -- Pope John
Paul II called Tuesday for an end to the embargo on Iraq and said the
Church would share in the "unjustly inflicted" suffering of Iraqis on
Friday, a day of fasting for Catholics.
"I implore the Lord to enlighten the understanding and hearts of
those nations responsible (for the embargo), so that they may open in
favor of re-establishing a just and lasting peace in this region,"
John Paul told prelates of the Chaldean Catholic Church visiting from
Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Egypt, Syria, Turkey and the United States.
The pope has frequently called for the lifting of crippling economic
sanctions which were imposed against Iraq by the United Nations after
Baghdad invaded Kuwait in 1990.
U.N. resolutions say the sanctions can't be lifted until the U.N.
Security Council is convinced Iraq has rid itself of its weapons of
mass destruction. While many countries have pressed to lift the
sanctions, the United S
tates has refused, seeing the embargo as key to preventing the Iraqi government from
threatening its neighbors.
The pope didn't mention the United States by name in his comments.
John Paul has invited Catholics around the world to make Friday a day of fasting and
to pray for peace and justice in the world in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist
attacks. He has noted the day falls in the holy mo
nth of Ramadan, the monthlong holiday of fasting and purification for Muslims.
On Monday, he said the fast would also enable the Catholic faithful to know what it's
like to suffer and be closer to those who are deprived of food.
"On that day, we will ask God to help your people and open the hearts of men to the
sufferings unjustly inflicted on so many of their brothers," the pontiff said.
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