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May 3, 2022 · The Pope's gaze widened again to speak of the rights of peoples in a world at war, a "third world war" so often evoked and feared. He was not raising an "alarm", he clarified, but offering an "ascertainment of things: Syria, Yemen, Iraq, in Africa one war after another. There are international interests in every bit of it.
Mar 4, 2021 · Many of those who left will never come back. But Iraq’s leaders hope that Christians displaced within the country will soon feel safe enough to go home. President Barham Salih says the pope’s ...
Mar 6, 2021 · A steady exodus of Christians that began after the U.S. invasion in 2003 has accelerated since the Islamic State was driven out of Iraq in 2017. The pope’s visit is a show of solidarity with the ...
Mar 4, 2021 · Despite Security And COVID-19 Issues, Pope Francis Will Travel To Iraq Pope Francis starts a four-day visit to Iraq on Friday. It's the first such papal visit. It's the first such papal visit.
Mar 5, 2021 · Iraq's Christians probably numbered about 1.5 million in 2003, but as chaos followed the US-led invasion of Iraq, many left the country and there may be as few as 300,000 left.
Mar 4, 2021 · Francis is not the first pope to try to go to Iraq. In 2000, Pope John Paul II sought to make a pilgrimage to Iraq, Egypt and Israel, with the first stop to the city of Ur, which tradition holds ...
Mar 7, 2021 · 7 Mar 2021. 12:11 PM (GMT) Pope Francis arrived in northern Iraq, where he is planning to pray in the ruins of churches damaged or destroyed by fighters from the ISIL (ISIS) armed group and ...
