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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)-- Pope Francis has visited Iraq to reassure the nation’s dwindli ...

Iraq has launched a new round of interfaith dialogues in the wake of achievements related to tolerance and the recognition of others.

Pope urges Catholics to be generous despite pandemic fallout Pope Francis greets participants in the plenary session of the Holy See's humanitarian arm for the Oriental Churches Updated: June 25, 2021 05:33 AM GMT Trending Pope Francis meets with the Reunion of Aid Agencies for the Oriental Churches. (Photo: Vatican Media) International solidarity in funding the rebuilding of schools, hospitals and churches destroyed by war is important, Pope Francis said, but "we need to be concerned above all for the living stones who have been wounded and dispersed." From Georgia south through Iraq and Syr...

Vatican Ambassador to Iraq meets with top Kurdistan Region official    2021/04/28 19:56 Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) receives Mitja Leskovar, the Vatican Ambassador to Iraq, in Erbil, April 28, 2021. (Photo: KRG) ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – The Vatican's Ambassador to Iraq was in Erbil on Wednesday to meet with Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani to discuss several issues of the day that are relevant to the region's Christians. Mitja Leskovar, officially titled the Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq, began by conveying greetings to Barzani from Pope Fr...

The Tablet April 14, 2021 Pope Francis walks next to Chaldean Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad, right, as he arrives to celebrate Mass at the Chaldean Catholic Cathedral of St. Joseph in Baghdad March 6, 2021. Cardinal Sako offered suggestions for ways Iraqis can put into action what the pope preached while in the country in March. (Photo: CNS/Paul Haring) By Elise Ann Allen ROME (CRUX) — Pope Francis sent a letter to Iraqi Chaldean Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako voicing thanks for his visit to Iraq last month and praising the local church for its charitable activities and its role in w...