We can’t disappoint the Iraqi people a 2nd time, says Pope Francis aleteia.org

One cannot disappoint a people for the second time,” said Pope Francis on March 3 as he asked for prayers for his journey to Iraq this weekend. His comment about disappointing a people a second time is a reference to how Pope John Paul II had desired to visit Iraq on pilgrimage to the birthplace of Abraham during the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000, but he was not permitted to go because of the war.

Pope Francis said at the end of today’s general audience:…

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