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Mar 10, 2021 · Pope Francis is welcomed at the presidential palace in Baghdad shortly after the pontiff’s arrival in Iraq on March 5, 2021. Francis is the first pope to visit Iraq.
Mar 7, 2021 · Pope Francis’s historic visit to Iraq, in images. There are no paintings or black-and-white photos depicting how previous popes visited Iraq. Until Pope Francis’s plane touched down in...
Mar 7, 2021 · Francis met the dwindling Christian communities of Baghdad, Mosul and Qaraqosh, Iraq’s largest Christian city in the Nineveh Plains, where, in 2014, the ISIL armed group wiped out the...
Mar 8, 2021 · The Pope Francis visited parts of northern Iraq once held by Islamic State (IS) militants on the third day of his historic trip to the country.
Mar 5, 2021 · Sunday. After surveying the wreckage in Mosul — once a vibrant and diverse city that was flattened in the battle to wrest control back from the Islamic State — Pope Francis issued a powerful...
Mar 5, 2021 · Francis landed in the afternoon at Baghdad’s International Airport, where he was greeted by Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, as well as groups showcasing Iraq’s diverse folklore music and...
Pope Francis's visit to Iraq took place between 5 March and 8 March 2021. The visit was accorded on following an invitation of the Government of Iraq and the Chaldean Catholic Church. The visit was remembered as an attempt to mend bridges between the different faiths in Iraq.
