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Mar 6, 2021 · Pope Francis has condemned extremism in the name of religion on a historic visit to Iraq where he discussed the plight of the Christian minority.
Mar 5, 2021 · 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 7, 2021 · There are no paintings or black-and-white photos depicting how previous popes visited Iraq. Until Pope Francis’s plane touched down in Baghdad on Friday, no head of the Catholic Church...
Mar 6, 2024 · 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.
Mar 6, 2021 · In pictures: Papal trips that made history. Absent from an event highlighting the bonds of Judaism, Christianity and Islam: a Jewish presence. Francis visits a church that was the site of a 2010...
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 5, 2021 · 5 March 2021. 2:01. The Pope's Iraq visit is his first international trip since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Pope Francis has called for an end to violence and extremism, on the...
