Pope Francis continues to closely follow the crisis in Myanmar, where violence has escalated since the military coup on Feb. 1.<\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS The military arrested some of the former government's leaders, including Nobel Peace Prize recipient Aung San Suu Kyi.<\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS He also asked for prayers that his upcoming trip to Iraq on Friday will be problem-free. It's the first time a pope visits the country.<\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS The Iraqi people are waiting for us: they awaited St. John Paul II, who was not permitted to go. One cannot disappoint a people for the second time. Let us pray that this journey will be a good one.<\/p>\n Pope Francis said this during his General Audience, where he reflected on Christian prayer.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Javier Romero<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" March 3, 2021. He also asked for prayers for his trip to Iraq and remarked that John Paul II was unable to visit the country. \u201cOne cannot disappoint a people for the second time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":14728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/pR60kOw4qQ0","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/budienza0303eng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/budienza0303int.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45578"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>I would like to draw the attention of the authorities involved to the fact that dialogue prevails over repression, and harmony over discord. I also appeal to the international community to ensure that the aspirations of the people of Myanmar are not stifled by violence.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>I repeat the wish I expressed a month ago: that the path toward democracy taken in recent years by Myanmar may be resumed through the concrete gesture of the release of the various political leaders imprisoned.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>For a long time I have wanted to meet those people who have suffered so much; to meet that martyred Church in the land of Abraham. Together with the other religious leaders, we shall also take another step forward in brotherhood among believers.<\/em><\/p>\n