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Francesco in Iraq e l’onda lunga della storia

Francesco visto da Antonio Negri: «Si sbaglia chi pensa di misurare in un tempo breve quello che accade sotto i nostri occhi e che gran parte dei media, forse stupiti, stenta ad accettare: il peso specifico di questo viaggio lo soppeseremo nell’onda lunga della storia ma già nell’immediato Bergoglio ha instaurato un clima mai visto in questo Paese che ha vissuto 40 anni di guerre, di morte, di sopraffazione dei più deboli e vulnerabili»

Giovani in Medio Oriente (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Iraqi security forces stand guard near the ancient city of Ur, during preparations for Pope Francis' visit near Nasiriyah, Iraq, Friday, March 5, 2021.Pope Francis is in Iraq for a four-day visit to urge the country's dwindling number of Christians to stay put and help rebuild the country after years of war and persecution, brushing aside the coronavirus pandemic and security concerns to make the first-ever papal visit. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jourani)
Peoplestand by the road as they wait for Pope Francis to pass by, in Baghdad Iraq, Friday, March 5, 2021. Pope Francis has arrived in Iraq to urge the country's dwindling number of Christians to stay put and help rebuild the country after years of war and persecution, brushing aside the coronavirus pandemic and security concerns. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Pope Francis and Iraqi President Barham Salih shake hands, at Baghdad's Presidential Palace, Iraq, Friday, March 5, 2021. Pope Francis has arrived in Iraq to urge the country's dwindling number of Christians to stay put and help rebuild the country after years of war and persecution, brushing aside the coronavirus pandemic and security concerns. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
People take selfies next to what is believed to be the house of Abraham near the Great Ziggurat in the archaeological area of the Sumerian city-state of Ur, 20 kilometers south-west of Nasiriyah, Iraq, Saturday, March 6, 2021 before the arrival of Pope Francis for an interreligious meeting. Ur is considered the traditional birthplace of Abraham, the prophet common to Muslims, Christians and Jews. Earlier today Francis met privately with the country's revered Shiite leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Kurdish symphony band practices before Pope Francis visit to Iraq at the main stadium in Irbil, Iraq, Saturday, March 6, 2021. Earlier today Pope Francis met privately with the country's revered Shiite leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Kurdish symphony band practices before Pope Francis visit to Iraq at the main stadium in Irbil, Iraq, Saturday, March 6, 2021. Earlier today Pope Francis met privately with the country's revered Shiite leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Iraqi security forces patrol near the Chaldean Cathedral of Saint Joseph where Pope Francis is expected to concelebrate mass in, in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 6, 2021. Earlier today Francis met privately with the country's revered Shiite leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
An Iraqi Christian is shown during preparations before Pope Francis visit at the main stadium in Irbil, Iraq, Saturday, March 6, 2021. Earlier today Pope Francis met privately with the country's revered Shiite leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Iraqi Christians hang the Vatican flag during preparations before the Pope Francis visit at the main stadium in Irbil, Iraq, Saturday, March 6, 2021. Earlier today Pope Francis met privately with the country's revered Shiite leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Pope Francis at the Chaldean Cathedral of Saint Joseph, in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 6, 2021. Earlier today Francis met privately with the country's revered Shiite leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Pope Francis, right, is welcomed by Muslim clerics as he arrives at the Irbil international airport, Iraq, Sunday, March 7, 2021. Pope Francis arrived in northern Iraq on Sunday, where he planned to pray in the ruins of churches damaged or destroyed by Islamic State extremists and celebrate an open-air Mass on the last day of the first-ever papal visit to the country. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Surrounded by shells of destroyed buildings people arrive to join Pope Francis who will pray for the victims of war at Hosh al-Bieaa Church Square, in Mosul, Iraq, once the de-facto capital of IS, Sunday, March 7, 2021. The long 2014-2017 war to drive IS out left ransacked homes and charred or pulverized buildings around the north of Iraq, all sites Francis visited on Sunday. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Surrounded by destroyed buildings people arrive to join Pope Francis who will pray for the victims of war at Hosh al-Bieaa Church Square, in Mosul, Iraq, once the de-facto capital of IS, Sunday, March 7, 2021. The long 2014-2017 war to drive IS out left ransacked homes and charred or pulverized buildings around the north of Iraq, all sites Francis visited on Sunday. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Children in their festive garment wave Iraqi flags to the camera as they arrive to join Pope Francis who will pray for the victims of war at Hosh al-Bieaa Church Square, in Mosul, Iraq, once the de-facto capital of IS, Sunday, March 7, 2021. The long 2014-2017 war to drive IS out left ransacked homes and charred or pulverized buildings around the north of Iraq, all sites Francis visited on Sunday. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Francesco AP Photo/Andrew Medichini
Pope Francis, surrounded by shells of destroyed churches, attends a prayer for the victims of war at Hosh al-Bieaa Church Square, in Mosul, Iraq, once the de-facto capital of IS, Sunday, March 7, 2021. The long 2014-2017 war to drive IS out left ransacked homes and charred or pulverized buildings around the north of Iraq, all sites Francis visited on Sunday. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Iraqi security officials clear the road before the car carrying Pope Francis leaves Hosh al-Bieaa Church Square where he led a prayer session in Mosul, Iraq, once the de-facto capital of IS, Sunday, March 7, 2021. The long 2014-2017 war to drive IS out left ransacked homes and charred or pulverized buildings around the north of Iraq, all sites Francis visited on Sunday. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Children with flags wait for Pope Francis to arrive at a meeting with the Qaraqosh community at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, in Qaraqosh, Iraq, Sunday, March 7, 2021. A small Christian community returned to Qaraqosh after the war where they rebuilt their church that had been used as a firing range by IS. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Francesco in Iraq AP Photo/Andrew Medichini
Pope Francis speaks to Abdullah Kurdi, left, father of Alan Kurdi, a 3-year old Syrian boy who's image made headlines after he drowned in the Mediterranean Sea and drew global attention to Europe's refugee crisis, at the end of a mass at the Franso Hariri Stadium in Irbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Sunday, March 7, 2021. (Vatican Media via AP)
Iraqi Christians place a poster at Church of the Immaculate Conception in Qaraqosh, Iraq Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021.  Pope Francis will visit the church during his historic trip to Iraq.   Damaged during the Islamic State reign of terror, the church's tragedy mirrored that of its Christian community which was devastated by the group. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Iraqi Christians place a cross on a church in Qaraqosh, Iraq, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Iraq's Christians are hoping that a historic visit by Pope Francis in March will help boost their community's struggle to survive. The country's Christian population has been dwindling ever since the turmoil that followed the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. And it was dealt a near death blow in 2014, when Islamic State group militants overran northern Iraq, site of Iraq's historical Christian heartland. (AP/Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Iraqi Christians clean the the roof of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Qaraqosh, Iraq, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. Pope Francis will visit the church during his historic trip to Iraq.   Damaged during the Islamic State reign of terror, the church's tragedy mirrored that of its Christian community which was devastated by the group.  (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

«Ma perché la gran parte dei giornali riservano uno spazio così ridotto allo storico viaggio del papa in Iraq? Lo mettono in scaletta quasi fosse una sagra di paese». Alla fine la domanda se le è posta anche Carlo Romeo durante la storica rassegna stampa di radio radicale, “Stampa e regime”. A proposito di “regime” la risposta dovrebbe essere semplice: perché dare voce a chi non smette di parlare dell’abominio della guerra e di chi la finanzia? Perché riportare senza banalizzare il suo appello a riconoscere l’emigrare un diritto umano come quello di restare in un territorio sicuro e in pace?

Ma è miope misurare ciò che è accaduto dal 5 al 8 marzo 2021 con la visita del papa in Iraq secondo il criterio della notizia che nasce e muore in poche ore.

Oltre ai numerosi contributi su cittanuova.it, il prezioso lavoro del quotidiano Avvenire e ovviamente dell’Osservatore Romano, merita riportare quanto ha scritto in diretta su Il Manifesto, Alberto Negri, uno dei più noti e autorevoli inviati all’estero nelle zone di guerra, con una lunga esperienza a Il Sole 24 ore:

«In poche ore Bergoglio in Medio Oriente sta facendo più di chiunque altro in un secolo di guerre e massacri, di falsi accordi e di pacificazioni effimere. Si sbaglia chi pensa di misurare in un tempo breve quello che accade sotto i nostri occhi e che gran parte dei media, forse stupiti, stenta ad accettare: il peso specifico di questo viaggio lo soppeseremo nell’onda lunga della storia ma già nell’immediato Bergoglio ha instaurato un clima mai visto in questo Paese che ha vissuto 40 anni di guerre, di morte, di sopraffazione dei più deboli e vulnerabili.

«Cos’è il coraggio di cambiare il mondo? È quello di Bergoglio che in direzione ostinata e contraria, quando tutti lo sconsigliavano dall’andare in Iraq, ha sfidato i consigli più ipocriti, degli americani e dei venditori di morte occidentali. E lo ha detto anche nella biblica piana di Ur dove oltre a condannare il terrorismo in nome della religione si è scagliato contro ogni forma di oppressione e prevaricazione».

Papa Francesco, tornato a Roma, nell’udienza del 10 marzo  ha ribadito un concetto chiave che resta segno di contraddizione e incomprensione per orecchie che non vogliono intendere

«Il popolo iracheno ha diritto a vivere in pace, ha diritto a ritrovare la dignità che gli appartiene. Le sue radici religiose e culturali sono millenarie: la Mesopotamia è culla di civiltà; Baghdad è stata nella storia una città di primaria importanza, che ha ospitato per secoli la biblioteca più ricca del mondo. E che cosa l’ha distrutta? La guerra. Sempre la guerra è il mostro che, col mutare delle epoche, si trasforma e continua a divorare l’umanità. Ma la risposta alla guerra non è un’altra guerra, la risposta alle armi non sono altre armi.

E io mi sono domandato: chi vendeva le armi ai terroristi? Chi vende oggi le armi ai terroristi, che stanno facendo stragi in altre parti, pensiamo all’Africa per esempio? È una domanda a cui io vorrei che qualcuno rispondesse. La risposta non è la guerra ma la risposta è la fraternità. Questa è la sfida per l’Iraq, ma non solo: è la sfida per tante regioni di conflitto e, in definitiva, è la sfida per il mondo intero: la fraternità. Saremo capaci noi di fare fraternità fra noi, di fare una cultura di fratelli? O continueremo con la logica iniziata da Caino, la guerra? Fratellanza, fraternità».

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