SUMMARY:

 

- Holy Father's Concern over Attacks on Churches in Iraq

- Other Pontifical Acts

 

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HOLY FATHER'S CONCERN OVER ATTACKS ON CHURCHES IN IRAQ

 

VATICAN CITY, 14 JUL 2009 (VIS) - Benedict XVI has expressed his concern over last weekend's attacks on eight Christian churches in Baghdad and Mosul, Iraq, which left four people dead and many injured.

 

  In a telegram sent to Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly, patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B. says that the Pope "prays for a conversion of heart in the authors of this violence, and encourages the authorities to do everything possible to promote just and peaceful coexistence among all sectors of the Iraqi population".

 

  The Holy Father, says the telegram, "also gives assurances of his prayers and his spiritual closeness to the Catholic and Orthodox communities of the Iraqi capital".

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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

 

VATICAN CITY, 14 JUL 2009 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Bruno Alessio Esposito O.P., dean of the faculty of Canon Law at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, as a consultor of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

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