Hawzah News Agency - Issued from the office of His Eminence A. Sostani regarding his meeting with the Grand Pontiff, the Pope

During the meeting, the discussion revolved around the great challenges that humanity faces in this era and the role of faith in God Almighty and His messages, and commitment to high moral values ​​in overcoming them.

His Eminence talked about the injustice, oppression, poverty, religious and intellectual persecution, suppression of basic freedoms, and the absence of social justice, especially the wars, acts of violence, economic blockade, displacement, and so on, especially the Palestinian people in the occupied territories.

His Eminence indicated the role that the great religious and spiritual leaders should play in curbing these tragedies, and what is hoped for in urging the concerned parties - especially in the great powers - to give priority to reason and wisdom and to reject the language of war, and not to expand their self-interest over Calculating the rights of peoples to live in freedom and dignity, and stressing the importance of concerted efforts to consolidate the values ​​of harmony, peaceful coexistence and human solidarity in all societies, based on fostering rights and mutual respect among followers of different religions and intellectual trends.

His Eminence praised the status and glorious history of Iraq and the honorable Muhammad of its various affiliations and expressed his hope that he would surpass its current ordeal in a not long time. He affirmed his interest in Christian citizens living like all Iraqis in security and peace and in full to their constitutional rights and pointed out part of the role that the religious authority played in protecting them and the rest of those who had suffered injustice and harm in the incidents of past years, especially during the period during which the terrorists seized vast areas in several Iraqi provinces, and they practiced criminal acts there.

His Eminence wished the Supreme Pontiff, the followers of the Catholic Church, and the general public of humanity good and happiness, and thanked him for making the effort to travel to Najaf to make this visit.