DAILY CATHOLIC FRI-SAT-SUN June 26-28, 1998 vol. 9, no. 124
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VATICAN ENVOY IN IRAQ DENOUNCES EMBARGO AGAINVATICAN (CWNews.com) -- The Vatican's envoy in Baghdad has once again lashed out against the international embargo on Iraq.In a video message, played at the screening of a new documentary on the effects of that embargo, Archbishop Giuseppe Lazzarotto called upon Christian to show their solidarity with the people of Iraq. The documentary film, "Iraq Solidarity Action," was produced by Father Jean-Marie Benjamin, a French-born priest serving the diocese of Rome. It was screened today in the presence of the Iraqi ambassador to the Holy See, Wissam Chawket al-Zahawie. In his video message to the film audience, Archbishop Lazzarotto urged all Christians to "multiple their gestures of solidarity," in order to break through "the isolation created by the embargo." Those who travel to Iraq, he said, would find their a rich culture which deserves understanding and preservation.
The practical effects of the embargo, the papal nuncio continued,
have not been changes in government policy, but rather the death of
the society's most vulnerable people. As a result, he reported, people
are losing their confidence in the future. The best hope for the Iraqi
people, he said, would lie in a return to the normal life they enjoyed
before the Persian Gulf War.
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