Pope Calls for Equal Rights for Christians at Start of Iraq Visit © iraqi prime minister media offic/Reuters
BAGHDAD Pope Francis called for equal rights for Christians and other minorities in Iraq at the start of a densely scheduled visit fraught with public-health and security risks.
Support for Iraq’s beleaguered and dwindling Christian community, which the pope has called a “martyr church,” is a major theme of this weekend’s extraordinary trip.
In his first trip outside of Italy in more than a year, Pope Francis is also seeking to support Iraq’s beleaguered Christian minority and pursue his signature cause of better relations with the Muslim world, despite the country’s spike in Covid-19 infections and continuing violence.
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