Enough!
"At the end of this solemn Celebration, in which we have meditated upon the Passion of Christ, I wish to remember the late Archbishop of Mosul of the Chaldeans, Paulos Faraj Rahho, who died tragically a few days ago. His beautiful testimony of faithfulness to Christ, to the Church, and to his people, whom he had not wanted to leave, despite numerous threats, prompts me to raise a strong and heartfelt cry: enough with the bloodshed, enough with the violence, enough with the hatred in Iraq!
"And at the same time I raise a plea to the Iraqi people, who for five years have endured the consequences of a war which has caused the collapse of their civil and social life: beloved Iraqi people, lift up your heads and be yourselves builders of your national life! May reconciliation, forgiveness, justice, and respect for civil co-existence among tribes, ethnicities, and religious groups be the path towards peace in the name of God!"
