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Mar 5, 2021 · Pope Francis begins historic trip to Iraq starting his three-day trịp from Friday, he is first pontiff to visit Iraq where more than a million christians hav...
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Mar 6, 2021 · Pope Francis gives speech on first papal visit to Iraq – video. ... Pope Francis, 84, the head of the world’s 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, and Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, 90, the spiritual ...
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Mar 6, 2021 · May the great Patriarch help us to make our respective sacred places oases of peace and encounter for all! By his fidelity to God, Abraham became a blessing for all peoples (cf. Gen 12:3); may our presence here today, in his footsteps, be a sign of blessing and hope for Iraq, for the Middle East and for the whole world. Heaven has not grown ...
Mar 5, 2021 · Pope Francis called for an end to extremism and violence in his opening address Friday on the first-ever papal visit to Iraq, long scarred by war and now gripped by coronavirus. Issued on: 05/03 ...
Mar 7, 2021 · After arriving in Iraq on Friday, Pope Francis travelled over the weekend to Mosul and holy sites within the country’s Christian heartland. On Sunday, according to media reports, the pontiff called for peace and prayed among ruined churches for the victims of the conflict with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), which left thousands of civilians dead.
