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Vatican City, Aug 27, 2014 \/ 04:10 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- The international community must view suffering Iraqi refugees not as a collective group, but as individual persons, each with his or her own story and needs, the Pope\u2019s envoy to the country encouraged.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe should set our sight on every child, every person. When you look at them, sitting on the ground, you don\u2019t think them as a crowd. You think about them as single persons, about each individual story,\u201d Cardinal Fernando Filoni told CNA Aug. 22.<\/p>\n

\tEarlier this month, Pope Francis selected Cardinal Filoni as his personal envoy to Iraq. In addition to his role as the current prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, the cardinal served as Papal nuncio to Iraq from 2001 to 2006.<\/p>\n

\tCardinal Filoni reported to Pope Francis in a private meeting Aug. 20, upon returning from a week-long trip to Iraq, where he had several meetings with the local authorities and spent much time with refugees, learning about the effort of the local Church to help the internally displaced persons.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cAccording to data I have been given, at the moment in Iraq there are 1.2 million internally displaced persons,\u201d he said, explaining that this includes Christians, yazidis, Muslims and Chaldeans. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\tThe Papal envoy commented that there had been \u201ca very strong intolerance, and very often minorities are at risk for discrimination in certain areas.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe situation grew drastically worse, however, with the advance of the Islamic State army, which suddenly headed north, seizing Mosul and the Nineveh plain and pushing Christian and minorities out of their homes with violence and threats.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cI reported to Pope Francis on the precariousness of these people, who have mostly fled without anything,\u201d Cardinal Filoni said.<\/p>\n

\tHe explained that he was deeply touched by the plight of the people \u2013 suffering individuals, each with their own story. In particular, he was struck by the suffering children, elderly and yazidi minorities.<\/p>\n

\tThe cardinal described seeing \u201cwomen crouched in a corner, without their husbands,\u201d as well as grown men \u201ccrying like children because they do not see any future for their people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tIn addition, the Papal envoy was astonished at \u201cseeing benumbed elderly, sitting down not doing anything in the heat.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWhen one is uprooted from his village, where he had his life, his friendships, and is just sitting there, what does he expect? Only death. This is dramatic.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tCardinal Filoni also stressed the difficult situation of the children who have been uprooted from their homes. He voiced gratitude for those who are sacrificing to make the best of the traumatic circumstances.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThere are volunteers, groups of young people who take care of children, invent games, teach them songs\u2026 they are small, pleasant things,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\tAmong the refugees, there are also newborn babies, born into uncertainty in a time of trauma.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cA child was born two days before my arrival,\u201d the cardinal recalled. \u201cHis mom, with her husband and the other child, where there, doing their best to set up their little corner. They lost everything, they lack everything. Their only treasure is this child, who is born and thank God is there.\u201d
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