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Pope Francis's visit to Iraq took place between 5 March and 8 March 2021. 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 ...
Mar 10, 2021 · Pope Francis is welcomed at the presidential palace in Baghdad shortly after the pontiff’s arrival in Iraq on March 5, 2021. Francis is the first pope to visit Iraq. “I am coming as a pilgrim ...
Mar 6, 2021 · Pope’s visit is a reminder of Iraq’s vanishing religious minorities. ... But in many ways the meeting between Pope Francis and Iraq’s most revered Shiite cleric in the holy city of Najaf on ...
Mar 5, 2021 · Pope Francis arrives at Baghdad international airport, kicking off his 33rd Apostolic Journey abroad and the very first papal visit to Iraq. By Linda Bordoni Welcoming Pope Francis on the tarmac was a group of religious and political authorities representing the many different realities of Iraq's diverse make-up, as well as a group of Iraqi ...
Mar 4, 2021 · Iraq’s president, Barham Salih, invited Francis to visit in July 2019, hoping it would help the country heal after years of strife. Francis accepted the invitation and has made it clear that he ...
Mar 7, 2021 · Pope Francis’s three-day visit to Iraq was a boon to the diminishing Christian community, a boost for the beleaguered Iraqi government — and a possible health hazard, as many participants ...
Mar 5, 2021 · Updated at 2:45 p.m. ET. IRBIL, Iraq — Pope Francis has touched down in Iraq for the first-ever papal visit to the predominantly Muslim country, beginning a four-day visit in Baghdad, where ...
