Ua kipa aku ʻo Pope Francis i ka hale pule Iraqi i puhi ʻia e ka Islamic State

Ua ʻeleʻele ka hale pule nui o ka Immaculate Conception o Al-Tahira ma Bakhdida ma hope o ka puhi ʻana o ka mokuʻāina Islam ma hope o ka lilo ʻana o ke kūlanakauhale ma 2014. I kēia manawa ke hoʻomākaukau nei ka hale pule i hoʻihoʻi ʻia e hoʻokipa iā Pope Francis i kāna huakaʻi i ʻIraka i kēia mahina aʻe. . ʻO Pope Francis ka Pope mua i kipa iā ʻIraka. ʻO kāna huakaʻi ʻehā mau lā i ka ʻāina mai Malaki 5-8 e hoʻopili i nā kū ma Baghdad, Mosul, a me Bakhdida (ʻo Qaraqosh kekahi). ʻO ka hale pule a ka pope e kipa aku ai ma Bakhdida i lawelawe ai i kahi kaiāulu Kalikiano e ulu nei, a hiki i ka wā i hoʻohuli ai ka mokuʻāina Islamic i ka hale pule i wahi pana o loko mai 2014 a 2016. Ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ke kūlanakauhale mai ka Islamic State ma 2016, ua hoʻomaka hou nā lehulehu i ka hale pule i hōʻino ʻia Ua hoʻi hou nā Karistiano e kūkulu hou i ko lākou kaiāulu. Ua hoʻohiki ʻo Aid to the Church in Need e hoʻihoʻi piha i ka loko o ka hale pule i hōʻino ʻia e ke ahi i ka hopena o ka makahiki 2019.

"Manaʻo wau he mea nui ia e kākoʻo i kēia kūlanakauhale no ka mea ʻo ia ka hōʻailona nui loa o ka hoʻomana Kalikiano ma ʻIraka. A hiki i kēia manawa ua mālama mākou ia ma ke ʻano he kūlanakauhale Kalikiano, akā ʻaʻole mākou i ʻike i ka mea e hiki mai ana i kēia wā ”, p. ʻO Georges Jahola, he kahuna pule ʻo Bakhdida. Ua hoʻokau ʻia kahi kiʻi Marian hou e kahi mea pena kiʻi Kalikiano kūloko ma luna o ka hale kia bele o ka Immaculate Conception Cathedral i Ianuali. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia ʻo Pope Francis e haʻi i ka ʻānela i kēia hale pule ma ka papahana o ka huakaʻi pope i ʻIraka i paʻi ʻia e ka Vatican ma Pepeluali 8. ʻO ka papahana i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e ka Vatican e hōʻoia ana nō hoʻi e launa pū ka pope me Ali al-Sistani, ke alakaʻi o Shia Muslim i Iraq, i kāna kipa ʻana. I kona hōʻea ʻana i Baghdad International Airport, e hui pū ka pope me ke Kuhina Nui Iraqi Mustafa Al-Kadhimi ma mua o ke kipa ʻana i ka Pelekikena Iraqi ʻo Barham Salih ma ka hale aliʻi pelekikena ma Malaki 5. E pau ka pope i kona lā mua ma ka hale pule Katolika Syrian o ko mākou Lede o ke ola ma Baghdad, kahi e kamaʻilio ai me nā bihopa, nā kāhuna, nā haipule a me nā Katolika ʻē aʻe o Iraqi.

I kona lā lua i ʻIraka, e huakaʻi ʻo Pope Francis me Iraqi Airways i Najaf e hui me al-Sistani. E hele ka pope i ka papu o Ur ma ka hema o Iraq, ka mea a ka Baibala i kakau ai ma ke one hanau o Aberahama. Ma Ure, e haʻi aku ka pope i kahi ʻākoakoa hui ma Malaki 6 ma mua o ka hoʻi ʻana i Baghdad e hoʻolauleʻa ai i ka lehulehu ma ka hale pule Kaledea o St. Joseph. E kipa aku ʻo Pope Francis i nā kaiāulu Kalikiano ma ka pā Nineva i kona lā ʻekolu ma ʻIraka. Ua luku ʻia kēia mau kaiāulu e ka Mokuʻāina Islam mai 2014 a 2016, e koi ana i nā Karistiano he nui e holo i kēlā wahi. Ua hai pinepine mai ka pope i kona pili ana i keia poe Kristiano i hoomaauia. E hoʻokipa mua ʻia ka pope ma ke kahua mokulele ʻo Erbil ma ka lā 7 Malaki e nā luna haipule a me nā kivila o Iraqi Kurdistan ma mua o ka huakaʻi ʻana i Mosul e pule no nā mea i hōʻeha ʻia i ke kaua ma Hosh al-Bieaa square.

Wahi a ka papahana, a laila e kipa aku ka pope i ke kaiāulu Karistiano kūloko ma Bakhdida ma ka Hale Pule Nui o ka Immaculate Conception, kahi e haʻi ai ʻo ia i ka ʻānela. I kona ahiahi hope loa i ʻIraka, e hoʻolauleʻa ai ʻo Pope Francis i ke kahua pāʻani ma Erbil i ka lā Malaki 7 ma mua o ka haʻalele ʻana mai Baghdad International Airport i ke kakahiaka aʻe. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Pope Francis ma ka lā 8 o Pepeluali ke nānā nei ʻo ia i mua no ka hoʻomaka hou ʻana i kāna mau kipa ʻāpule. ʻO kāna kipa ʻana i ʻIraka ka huakaʻi hele mua a ka pope ma mua o hoʻokahi makahiki ma muli o ka maʻi maʻi coronavirus. "ʻO kēia mau kipa kahi hōʻailona nui o ka hopohopo o ka hope o Peter no ka poʻe o ke Akua i hoʻolaha ʻia ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa a me ke kamaʻilio ʻana o ka See Hemolele me nā Aupuni," wahi a Pope Francis.