FW: The Pope in Iraq?

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Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2003 08:24:35 -0500
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> INTERESTING IDEA.... A glimmer of hope in unlikely corners.

> Date: Friday, March 7, 2003 1:10 PM
> Subject: The Pope in Iraq?
>
> Beloved Friends,
>
> Now and then a message comes across my desk that I know I must pass on.
> Several days ago a friend forwarded an email to me from Helen Caldicott
> regarding a way we could assure an end to possible war in Iraq, and I have
> to agree that this could work. As you probably know, Pope John Paul II is
> adamantly against this war and has called it "a defeat for Humanity." He
> sent an emissary to Iraq and Washington to deliver a personal message and
> continues to urge political leaders to protest a possible US led invasion.
> If there is one person whose life George Bush would be unwilling to risk it
> would be the Pope's. Therefore, millions of people around the world are
> being asked to email, fax or even telephone His Holiness asking him to
> personally station himself in Baghdad until a proper solution can be found.
> If he would do it, it would work.
>
> I would like to suggest we take this request one step further. The Pope has
> been a strong voice for peace and reconciliation for many years now, and has
> called the spiritual leaders of the world together twice to pray for peace
> in Assisi. I suggest the Pope call another gathering of spiritual leaders
> opposed to war and violence in Iraq, imploring them to join him in a
> statement George Bush cannot ignore. If they gather in Baghdad and ask the
> people of the world to join them in prayer, then the war will not happen.
> Then the inspectors would have more time to do their work and a political
> solution would surely be found.
>
> I have already emailed the Pope and I ask you to do the same. Also, please
> forward this email to as many people as you can, for it will be hard for His
> Holiness to ignore the requests of millions of people. I consider this a
> spiritual solution coming from religions that have in the past been the
> cause of so much separation. Please help us spread the word for this
> important mission.
>
> Please send your email to: accreditamenti@pressva.va. If you would like to
> send a fax from the US, the number is: 011-39-06698-85378  (from other
> countries drop the 011 prefix), and to phone call: 011-39-06-69-82.
>
> Imagine the impact of such a statement of peace from the leaders of the
> world's religions from Iraq. Let this be a "Victory for Humanity." It is the
> eleventh hour. The war may begin any day now. Please do not wait letting the
> Pope hear your important voice.
>
>
> In Peace,
>
> James Twyman
>
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