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March 6, 2021 Written by VOA Pope Francis Friday began a long-desired trip to Iraq, the first to the birthplace of the Prophet Abraham by any head of the Catholic Church.  It is the first trip by Pope Francis to a foreign country since the pandemic, and everyone on the papal plane was vaccinated against COVID-19. In his own words, Pope Francis said he arrived in Iraq as a “pilgrim of peace for all Iraqis, although the country’s beleaguered, dwindling Christian community will take special encouragement and comfort from his presence. The visit is also the first by a Roman Catholic pope to a majority Shiite Muslim country and will be crowned by the pontiff’s meeting with Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, one of the most revered authorities in Shiite

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