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In Iraq, Pope can deepen ties with Church’s natural Islamic partners Mar 4, 2021 editor In this Jan. 19, 2004 file photo, an Iraqi Christian holds a carpet with an image of Jesus Christ and a poster of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani during a march in Baghdad, Iraq. On Saturday, March 6, 2021, Pope Francis will visit the 90-year-old Grand Ayatollah who is revered by many Shiites worldwide and whose words hold powerful influence in Iraq and beyond. The pontiff and ayatollah will meet in al-Sistani’s modest home in the Iraqi city of Najaf. (Credit: Hadi Mizban/AP.) Pope Francis's...

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,...