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He was given a guided tour of the ruins of the Syriac Catholic Church and later led prayers. Pictures show the Pope sitting in the front of a golf buggy, without a face mask, as he was escorted around places of worship and homes destroyed by years of fighting. The head of the Catholic Church has already received his coronavirus vaccine and was surrounded by Vatican aides who are all wearing a face covering. Pope Francis is the first papal visit to Iraq and is seen standing in the middle of the ...

Remains of 40 Iraqi Christians With Their Crosses Found in Mass Grave JavaScript in your web browser. Please Go Remains of 40 Iraqi Christians With Their Crosses Found in Mass Grave Remains of 40 Iraqi Christians With Their Crosses Found in Mass Grave | Saturday, March 03, 2018 An Iraqi Christian soldier guards the church of Saint Barbara after it was recaptured from Islamic State in Qaraqosh, near Mosul in Iraq, October 30, 2016. | (Photo: Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah) Iraqi security forces an...

Archbishop of Erbil: Papal visit is a gift for all Iraqi people Chaldean Archbishop Bashar Matti Warda of Erbil is calling for prayers for the papal visit and expresses his hopes for positive outcomes. He will welcome the Pope on Sunday when he arrives in the northern autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan. By Thaddeus Jones & Sr. Bernadette Mary Reis, fsp  Pope Francis will be visiting the Christian communities throughout Iraq, and especially the large ones in the north of the country. The Arch...

Vincenzo Pinto/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Vincenzo Pinto/AFP via Getty Images Pope Francis arrives at Baghdad International Airport on Friday for the first-ever papal visit to Iraq. Vincenzo Pinto/AFP via Getty Images 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 yellow and white Vatican fla...

Vida Hanna, director of public and international relations at The Catholic University in Erbil, who is coordinating Pope Francis March 7 Mass in Erbil. Credit: Alejandro Bermudez/CNA. Erbil, Iraq, Mar 5, 2021 / 11:19 am (CNA).- When Vida Hanna was told by the Archbishop Bashar Warda of the Chaldean Archeparchy of Erbil that Pope Francis was coming to Iraq, she thought to herself it was just another rumor. Growing up in the Chaldean Catholic community in Erbil, Hanna, 27, was a little girl when ...

Pope Francis arrives at Baghdad International Airport on Friday for the first-ever papal visit to Iraq. Image: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP via Getty Images 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 yellow and white Vatican flags and likenesses of the pontiff flutter above hastily weeded traffic circles. Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi welcomed Francis at ...

By Courtney Mares Iraqi Christians and Muslims alike have expressed excitment for Pope Francis’ upcoming trip to Iraq, an aid worker based in Erbil said. Davide Bernocchi, Catholic Relief Services’ country representative for Iraq, said: “People are really hopeful and grateful for this visit. This country has been at the center of attention for bad news for so many years unfortunately, and now they are really happy to be the center of the world’s attention for a few days because of this ...

The Vatican bills the pope's visit as 'an act of love' despite growing pandemic and security risks. It's a message that resonates with what's left of Iraq's Christians.

Published date: 3 March 2021 13:14 UTC | Last update: 1 month ago In the Christian-majority, northern Iraqi town of Qaraqosh, a community uprooted by the Islamic State (IS) group in 2014 is now preparing for an event that, just a few years ago, seemed unimaginable: a visit by His Holiness Pope Francis. When IS entered Qaraqosh, which lies 30km from Mosul, the towns entire population - save two elderly ladies - fled to neighbouring Iraqi Kurdistan, leav...

A medical team member sprays disinfectant on a person believed to have the coronavirus as he is being brought to a hospital in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, Feb. 25, 2021. (CNS/Reuters/Alaa Al-Marjani) Vatican City — A week before Pope Francis was scheduled to arrive in Iraq, the Vatican nuncio in Baghdad and several members of the staff tested positive for COVID-19 and began self-isolating. The embassy confirmed the news Feb. 28, after the nuncio, Archbishop Mitja Leskova...