Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister is a Christian
Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister, Tariq Aziz, scheduled to meet the pope in the Vatican next week. A Vatican spokesman says Aziz, a Christian, has requested the meeting with John Paul. The Vatican has been outspoken in its opposition to a new war against Iraq, with top officials saying a preventive strike would have no legal or moral justification.
It has warned it could unleash anti-Christian sentiment in the Muslim world.
Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister is a Christian
Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister, Tariq Aziz, scheduled to meet the pope in the Vatican next week. A Vatican spokesman says Aziz, a Christian, has requested the meeting with John Paul. The Vatican has been outspoken in its opposition to a new war against Iraq, with top officials saying a preventive strike would have no legal or moral justification.
It has warned it could unleash anti-Christian sentiment in the Muslim world.
