Pope Francis visits Iraq for the first time in the history of Catholicism in 2000. On the 5th local time, the Pope met with the Muslim Shi’ite leader, Ayatollah Ali Jeonstani, to talk about her engagement toward Christianity. It was the first time that the Catholic Pope met with a high-ranking Shi’ite priest. On the last day, I visited Mosul, one of the oldest Christian communities in the world. Mosul was a rare place in the Middle East where various religions such as Sunni, Shia, and Christianity coexisted, but it was gradually restored after being destroyed by the IS attack in 2016. Thousands were also present in Erbil, where the Pope held a large mass. After Mass, I met the father of Alan Kurdi, a 3-year-old who passed away while on a refugee ship in 2015. The number of Christians in Iraq, which reached 1.5 million in 2003, was recently about 400,000, which is said to remain only 1% of the population.
2. North’International Women’s Day’ right… “You must actively advance into society”
Today (8th) is International Women’s Day. In North Korea, it is called International Women’s Day. On this day, North Korea encouraged women to actively enter the society. The Labor Newspaper today published an editorial on the front page and insisted that “women should actively advance into society and devote themselves to building a reinforced motherland.” ‘Unification Shinbo’, a weekly magazine for external use, also interviewed female experts who are active in various fields. “These women are contributing greatly to the development of the economy and science and technology and strengthening our national power,” he praised. In the afternoon, a concert to commemorate the 111th anniversary of International Women’s Day is held, and North Korea is said to celebrate International Women’s Day every year.
3.’World’s oldest bird’ at the 7th anniversary… ‘Childbirth’ again this year
The oldest bird in the world, in its seventh season this year, hatched another baby. The wild bird, Raysan Albertrose, named’Wizdom’, became a mother again on the 1st of last month. The name Wisdom, meaning wisdom, has survived the damage of climate change and plastic waste. Wisdom is considered to be over 70 years old. In 1956, when biologist Chandler Robbins filled the ring, he thought he was at least five years old, so he may actually be older. Raysan Albertos says that each baby is very important because each year does not lay eggs, and only one lays. However, it is known that it suffers from environmental pollution created by humans, as it is estimated that the amount of plastic waste that the mother feeds and feeds the offspring reaches 5 tons.
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