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The Tablet February 19, 2021 A damaged cross is pictured atop St. George Monastery in Mosul, Iraq, June, 9, 2019. Pope Francis plans to visit Iraq March 5-8. (Photo: CNS/Marcin Mazur) By Elise Anne Allen ROME (Crux) – Despite widespread speculation that Pope Francis and top Shi’a cleric Grand Ayatollah Al-Sistani will sign a document on human fraternity during their meeting in Iraq next month, an Iraqi state official has said the rumors are false. According to the Iraqi Kurdish news ...

Deadly protests return to Iraq as Vatican unveils packed papal schedule for March visit Feb 9, 2021 senior correspondent An anti-government protester waves a national flag during a demonstration in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. (Credit: Hadi Mizban/AP.) On Monday the Vatican released a busy itinerary for Pope Francis’s upcoming visit to Iraq, the publication of which coincided with a flare-up of protests throughout the country with demonstrators calling for political reform. ROME –...