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Mar 6, 2024 · Christians in Iraq still fear insecurity. Three years after Pope Francis’ Apostolic Journey to Iraq, Chaldean Archbishop Michael Najeeb of Mosul and Aqra tells Vatican News that the fruits of that historic visit are slowly beginning to show, despite ongoing difficulties for Christians. By Jean Charles Putzolu and Lisa Zengarini.
Mar 5, 2021 · Pope Francis starts a historic trip to war-battered Iraq on Friday, defying security fears and the pandemic to comfort one of the world's oldest and most persecuted Christian communities. The...
Nov 18, 2023 · 18 November 2023, 14:10. Send. Print. The President of the Republic of Iraq, Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid, is received in private audience in the Vatican by Pope Francis and meets with the ...
Mar 7, 2021 · 01:46. The Christian community of Iraq, a Muslim-majority country of 40 million, has shrunk from 1.5 million before the 2003 US-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein to only 400,000 now, about...
Mar 7, 2021 · March 07, 2021 4:54 AM update March 07, 2021 11:45 AM. By VOA News. A Kurdistan flag is held up as Pope Francis arrives to hold a mass at Franso Hariri Stadium in Erbil, Iraq, March 7,...
Aug 31, 2022 · At the weekly General Audience on Wednesday, Pope Francis calls for peace, dialogue and fraternity in the wake of the violent protests in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad over the last days. By Benedict Mayaki, SJ. Pope Francis says that he is following with concern the violent events taking place in Baghdad over the past few days.
Mar 7, 2021 · Mosul (Iraq) (AFP) –. Issued on: 07/03/2021 - 11:24 Modified: 07/03/2021 - 11:22. Advertising. Pope Francis prayed Sunday for "victims of war" in northern Iraq, where the Islamic State group...
