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Pope Francis visits Iraqi Christians who suffered under IS Issued on: 07/03/2021 - 02:26 Pope Francis, travelling under tight security in Iraq, will lead a prayer for the victims of the war against IS in the city of Mosul Vincenzo PINTO AFP 3 min Baghdad (AFP) Pope Francis, on his historic Iraq tour, visits on Sunday Christian communities that endured the brutality of the Islamic State group until the jihadists "caliphate" was defeated three years ag...

Pope Celebrates Largest Mass Of Historic Iraq Trip By Catherine Marciano 03/07/21 AT 8:38 PM Pope Francis vowed Sunday to keep Iraq in his heart, as he concluded the largest mass and final public event of a historic trip meant to encourage the countrys dwindling Christian community and deepen interfaith dialogue. The pontiff celebrated among thousands of smiling worshippers in a sports stadium in the Kurdistan regions capital Arbil, after visiting Christian survivors of the Islamic State gr...

In Iraq, Pope Francis visits Christians who suffered under IS Updated Mar 07, 2021 | 10:19 IST Pope Francis trip to Iraq as a "pilgrim of peace" aims to reassure the countrys ancient, but dwindling, Christian community and to expand his dialogue with other religions. Women wait outside the Chaldean Cathedral of Saint Joseph, in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 6, 2021, where Pope Francis, depicted on a giant poster at their back, concelebrated a mass. &nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&n...

BAGHDAD: Pope Francis, on his historic Iraq tour, visits on Sunday (Mar 7) Christian communities that endured the brutality of the Islamic State ...

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Pope Francis, on his historic Iraq tour, visits on Sunday Christian communities that endured the brutality of the Islamic State group until the jihadists' "caliphate" was defeated three years ago. The 84-year-old, travelling under tight security, will lead a prayer "for the victims of the war" in Mosul, an ancient crossroads whose centre was reduced to rubble by fierce fighting to oust the Islamic State group. "We believers cannot be silent when...

Amid the excitement to see Pope Francis as he held his last public mass in Iraq on Sunday, the hopes of the faithful outdid the coronavirus precautions of the prudent. "I don't know why people don't wear masks," said Bayda Saffo, an Iraqi woman attending the Pope's largest mass of his trip to Iraq, gripped by a resurgence of Covid-19. Authorities in the Kurdistan regional capital of Arbil had feared the open-air liturgy at the Franso Hariri...

Swaying to music and ululating, waving the white-and-yellow flag of the Vatican, a crowd of 10,000 Iraqi Christians gathered in a Kurdish stadium yesterday for a papal mass.Fears expressed by health

Monday, 01 Mar 2021 09:43 AM MYT Pope Francis has an ambitious agenda for the first-ever papal visit to Iraq. — Reuters pic Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. BAGHDAD, Mar 1 — Pope Francis has an ambitious agenda for the first-ever papal visit to Iraq, including some of the country’s most treasured sites.  Here are five key locations the pontiff is set to visit.  Beleaguered Baghdad On his first day in the Iraqi capital, Francis will give ...