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POPE ASKS 2-DAY PRAYER CAMPAIGN FOR IRAQ
Apr. 03 (CWNews.com) - Pope Benedict XVI requested two days of prayer for Iraq, at his Angelus audience on April 2. The Holy Father asked "the faithful, believers, and men and women of good will" to devote April 3 and 4 to prayer and fasting for peace in the world, especially in the "martyred land" of Iraq. The Pope said that he was passing along a request from Chaldean Patriarch Emmanuel II Delly of Baghdad and the Iraqi bishops. He encouraged the faithful to join with Iraqi Catholics in prayer, "entrusting this intention to the intercession of Mary most holy, Queen of Peace."
POPE ASKS 2-DAY PRAYER CAMPAIGN FOR IRAQ
Apr. 03 (CWNews.com) - Pope Benedict XVI requested two days of prayer for Iraq, at his Angelus audience on April 2. The Holy Father asked "the faithful, believers, and men and women of good will" to devote April 3 and 4 to prayer and fasting for peace in the world, especially in the "martyred land" of Iraq. The Pope said that he was passing along a request from Chaldean Patriarch Emmanuel II Delly of Baghdad and the Iraqi bishops. He encouraged the faithful to join with Iraqi Catholics in prayer, "entrusting this intention to the intercession of Mary most holy, Queen of Peace."
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