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2 days ago · The pope speaks to thousands of children and many others who gathered in St. Peter's Square on Saturday for the first World Children’s Day on the feast of the Holy Trinity. May 26, 2024. Credit ...
Mar 8, 2021 · It was the tragic decimation of the Yazidi ethnic community by the Islamic State group following the 2014 occupation of Northern Iraq that inspired the pope to make the trip, he said. The book ...
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In August 2014, ISIL launched a violent attack on the Yazidis, an ancient religious minority in northern Iraq, when the armed group overran large swathes of Syria and neighbouring Iraq. The group killed thousands of Yazidi men and abducted hundreds of women, later holding them as sex slaves. While many have since been freed following ISIL’s defeat,...
After languishing in parliament for nearly two years, Iraqi lawmakers passed a bill on March 1 offering repatriation to Yazidi women who survived ISIL’s atrocities. Named the Yazidi (Female) Survivors Law, the new legislation formally recognised the Yazidi genocide and called for compensation, rehabilitation and education for the survivors. While t...
Also looking for a solution is the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), which told Al Jazeera it is working with the Iraq government and the Yazidi community in an “inclusive manner … to find a permanent solution to this complex issue”. “Resolving this issue requires all key stakeholders to work together to collectively find a lastin...
2 days ago · Pope Francis celebrated the first ever World Children’s Day this weekend, which brought together 50,000 children from 100 countries in Rome’s Olympic Stadium on Saturday, May 25, and in St ...
Mar 6, 2021 · He singled out the suffering of the Yazidi community which had "mourned the deaths of many men and witnessed thousands of women, girls and children kidnapped, sold as slaves, subjected to...
Oct 6, 2021 · When Pope Francis visited Iraq this year, he met and prayed with religious communities across the country’s spectrum of faiths. Among the wounds he sought to heal, one remains massive and unaddressed: the 2,763 Yazidi women and children kidnapped seven years ago by ISIS whose fates remain unknown.
Apr 8, 2015 · The disciples rebuked the people; but Jesus said, ‘Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.’ And he laid his hands on them and went away” (Mt 19:13-15).
