{"id":34388,"date":"2016-02-11T12:57:45","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T10:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/site\/?p=34388"},"modified":"2016-02-11T13:00:14","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T11:00:14","slug":"%d8%b1%d8%a6%d9%8a%d8%b3-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%88%d8%b2%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%a1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%82%d9%89-%d9%84%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a7-%d9%81%d8%b1%d9%86%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%b3-%d8%ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/%d8%b1%d8%a6%d9%8a%d8%b3-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%88%d8%b2%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%a1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%82%d9%89-%d9%84%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a7-%d9%81%d8%b1%d9%86%d8%b3%d9%8a%d8%b3-%d8%ad\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope, meeting Iraqi leader, urges work for reconciliation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">Meeting Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, Pope Francis expressed his hopes that Iraq and other war-torn countries would have leaders strong enough to bring once-divided peoples together.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">&#8220;I wish for Iraqis and for all of us &#8212; for the whole world &#8212; leaders like this,&#8221; the pope said Feb. 10 as he gave the Iraqi leader a medallion featuring an olive tree &#8212; a sign of peace &#8212; that holds together a split rock.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">&#8220;Inshallah, inshallah,&#8221; al-Abadi replied, using the Arabic word for &#8220;God willing.&#8221;<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">In addition to meeting Pope Francis, the prime minister held private talks with top officials of the Vatican Secretariat of State.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">With Islamic State militants still operating in large areas of Iraq and with the people still recovering from war, the discussions included &#8220;the life of the church in the country&#8221; 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