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Mar 4, 2021 · By Jason Horowitz and Jane Arraf. March 4, 2021. [Follow our live updates on the pope’s visit to Iraq.] Pope Francis begins a three-day whirlwind tour of Iraq on Friday, despite worries...
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. During this first ever journey to Iraq by a Pontifex, Pope Francis visited the cities of Ur, Baghdad, Najaf, Qaraqosh, Erbil and Mosul.
- 5–8 March 2021
Mar 9, 2021 · Pope Francis is the first pontiff to visit Iraq. But the trip was also significant because he is foregrounding the historical by going back to a place resonant with the promise of...
- Milad Milani
Mar 5, 2021 · BAGHDAD — Pope Francis made an audacious return to the world stage in the midst of the pandemic on Friday when he became the first leader of the Roman Catholic church to visit Iraq, seeking to...
Mar 5, 2021 · The Pope’s trip to Iraq is the first ever papal visit of the country, and is the first international trip he has made since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. As Pope Francis began...
Mar 5, 2021 · Religion. 'I Come As A Pilgrim': Pope Francis Begins Historic Visit To Iraq. March 5, 20216:39 AM ET. By. Alice Fordham. Enlarge this image. Pope Francis arrives at Baghdad International...
Mar 10, 2021 · Francis is the first sitting pope to visit Iraq, but not for lack of effort. Both Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI attempted to visit, but could not due to conflict and war within Iraq.
