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Mar 7, 2021 · VATICAN CITY (RNS) — On his last full day in Iraq, Pope Francis told struggling Christians in the war-weary country to hold on to their roots and to forgive their oppressors, the better to...
Nov 18, 2023 · By Vatican News. Pope Francis on Saturday received in audience the President of the Republic of Iraq, Abdul Latif Jamal Rashid. The Iraqi President then met with the Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin, accompanied by Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States and International Organizations.
Mar 6, 2021 · Pope Francis arrived in Iraq on Friday 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 his first-ever papal visit. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jourani) Read More. 5 of 10 |.
Mar 7, 2021 · QARAQOSH, Iraq (AP) — Pope Francis urged Iraq’s Christians on Sunday to forgive the injustices against them by Muslim extremists and to rebuild as he visited the wrecked shells of churches and met ecstatic crowds in the community’s historic heartland, which was nearly erased by the Islamic State group’s horrific reign.
Mar 8, 2021 · 8 March 2021. Thousands attend Pope stadium Mass in Irbil. The Pope Francis visited parts of northern Iraq once held by Islamic State (IS) militants on the third day of his historic trip to...
Mar 7, 2021 · The visit by Pope Francis to the northern Iraqi city of Mosul at the weekend will be a symbol of hope and an opportunity to join forces for peace and unity, the UN cultural agency, UNESCO,...
Mar 7, 2021 · Pope Francis was in northern Iraq Sunday where he prayed in the ruins of churches destroyed by the Islamic state and celebrated an open-air Mass. His first stop Sunday was in Mosul, once a ...
