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Apr 2, 2024 · On his last evening in Iraq, Pope Francis will offer Mass at the Franso Hariri International Stadium in Erbil on March 7. This Mass is expected to be the largest gathering of Iraqi Catholics with the pope during his trip. Local authorities in Kurdistan have said that 4,500 people have registered for the Mass.
Mar 29, 2024 · News that Pope Francis plans to make a historic visit to Iraq in March has filled Christians in the country with “immense excitement and pride,” Archbishop Bashar Warda of the northern Iraqi Diocese of Erbil has said.
Apr 15, 2024 · Pope Francis in Erbil: ‘Today I can see at first hand that the Church in Iraq is alive’ Mar 7, 2021. Pope Francis on Sunday expressed joy at the vitality of the Church in Iraq despite years of ...
Mar 31, 2024 · Pope Francis overcame concerns about his health to preside over Easter Sunday Mass, leading tens of thousands of people in a flower-decked St. Peter's Square. ... But in Iraq's Nineveh Plains ...
Mar 30, 2024 · Iraq releases stamps to honor Pope Francis' historic visit ... Pope Francis was the first Bishop of Rome to visit Iraq. His predecessors Benedict XVI and John Paul II had also hoped to make visit ...
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