ThepopebeganthedayintheholycityofNajaf, wherehehad a privatemeetingwithoneofIraq's mostpowerfulfiguresinShiaIslam, theGrandAyatollahAliSistani, a meetingthatwasmonthsinthemaking, everydetailcarefullyplanned.
After a photoop, thetwomenspokeprivatelyfor 40 minutes, theAyatollahreportedlytellingthepopehealsobelievesChristiansshouldbeabletoliveinpeaceinIraqandenjoythesamerightsasotherIraqis.
InprayingforpeaceintheMiddleEast, thepopesingledoutSyriaravagedby a decadeofcivilwar, andhecondemnedreligiousextremistswhouseterrorismtoachievetheiraims.
Iraqhassufferedthedisastrouseffectsofwars, thescourgeofterrorismandsectarianconflicts, oftengroundedin a fundamentalismincapableofacceptingthepeacefulcoexistenceofdifferentethnicandreligiousgroups.
I mean, I thinkthey'revery, veryhappythatthefactthatthey'reshowcasing a differentsideofIraqum, Iraqtendstobethoughtof, youknow, as a verysectariancountrywith a lotofconflictbetweenthedifferentethnicgroups, youknow, bethatSunni, Shia, Kurd, Yazidi.
However, I thinktheshowcasingofthefactthatthePopeandhisfirsttriptocometoumtoto a foreigncountrybeforesincethesincethepandemicshowsthatyouknowthatIraqIraqisnotnotnotnotnotthekindofviolent, violent, violentcountrythatisalwaysit's alwaysperceivedtobe.
Um, followingthatheisthengoingtocomeuptoyoutobeawareofwhere I amnotcurrentlyatthemomentandthengointoMosulandvisitsomeveryhistoricsitesthereandthenalsoheadtothetownofuhCaracas, wherehewillalsovisit a churchthatwassignificantlyattackedbyIsis.
WhentheyWhentheyWhentheycontrolledtheeraandthenfinallyculminateshistripbeinginUrbiorholding a mapholding, holding, holdinganeventatthefootballstadiumhere.
But I thinkparticularlythemessagethatcameoutofthemeetingwithSistanidoesshowthatyouknowthatmorethanthaton a culturallevelonthecommunitarianlevel, maybenoton a politicallevelthatthereis a unitybetweenthedifferentdifferentsectsanddifferentdifferentgroupswithinthiscountry.
Andsoit's a verypowerfulmessagethat, I thinkis, isputtingforwardforthecountry.
そして、それは非常に強力なメッセージであり、私が思うに、国のために前進しています。
Andthatwasthatitselfwillalsohave a strongpoliticalweightagainsttheleadagainstthedifferentpoliticalleaderswhowhomaywanttouseyoustillmaywanttogodownthesectarianroute.