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Pope Francis arrives for a meeting with bishops, priests, religious men and women, seminarians and catechists in the Syriac Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Deliverance in Baghdad March 5, 2021. (CNS photo/Paul Haring
Maryann Cusimano Love, an associate professor of international relations at the Catholic University of America in Washington, is trying to think of a time when Pope Francis walked into a more dangerous and complicated situation than he did today, touching down in Baghdad. “Well, the Central African Republic was no cakewalk,” she said, recalling the pope’s 2015 visit to what was essentially an active war zone. And that is surely fair, but the journey to Iraq will likewise remain a high-risk standout among this pope’s various efforts to bring attention to the church’s margins. ....

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