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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 outdoor square speaking with faith leaders and worshippers – again without a face mask.

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 and pro-government militias have discovered mass graves near Mosul, which include bodies of 40 Christi...

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 Archdiocese of Erbil hosts the largest community of displaced Iraqi Christians. The communities have anc...

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 flags and likenesses of the pontiff flutter above hastily weeded traffic circles. Prime Minister Mustaf...

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 there were rumors that St. John Paul II was planning to come to Iraq for the Jubilee 2000. “But on...