Analysis: In Iraq, Pope Can Deepen Ties With Church's Natural Islamic Partners
The Tablet March 4, 2021 Father Ammar Altony Yako celebrates Mass at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Qaraqosh, Iraq, Feb. 23, 2021. Pope Francis plans to Qaraqosh March 7 during his March 5-8 trip to Iraq. (Photo: CNS/Thaier al-Sudani, Reuters) By John L. Aleen ROME (Crux) – Tomorrow Pope Francis leaves for Iraq, and in most of the Christian world it’ll be seen as a trip to honor the memory of a martyred Christian population that suffered unimaginable horrors under an ISIS occupation of the Nineveh Plains region of the country between 2014 and 2017. For Muslims, however,...
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