Pope Francis meets father of drowned Syrian boy Alan Kurdi in Iraq’s Erbil
Pope Francis on Sunday met the father of Alan Kurdi, the boy whose body washed up on a Turkish ...
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Amid the Rubble of Mosul, Francis Offers a Salve for Iraq’s Wounds
MOSUL, Iraq — After the Islamic State took control of Mosul seven years ago and declared it the capital ...
Pope Francis prays for ‘victims of war’ in Iraq’s Mosul
MOSUL: Pope Francis prayed Sunday for "victims of war" outside a centuries-old church in Iraq's Mosul, where the Islamic ...
Pope Francis visits Iraq’s war-ravaged north on last day of tour
Pope Francis arrived in northern Iraq on Sunday, where he planned to pray in the ruins of churches damaged ...
Pope Francis Meets Iraq’s Top Ayatollah as Both Urge Peace
UR, Iraq — First Pope Francis showed up at the modest residence of Iraq’s most reclusive, and powerful, Shiite ...
Pope Francis visits birthplace of the Prophet Abraham during historic Iraq trip
Pope Francis entered a narrow alleyway in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf to hold a historic meeting with the ...
Pope Francis, Iraq’s top Shiite cleric hold historic meeting
PLAINS OF UR, IRAQ: Pope Francis and Iraq's top Shiite cleric delivered a powerful message of peaceful coexistence Saturday, ...
Pope Francis arrives in Iraq’s Najaf to meet top Shia cleric Sistani
Pope Francis began a historic meeting with Iraq’s top Shia cleric Ali al-Sistani on Saturday, in a powerful appeal ...
Francis Begins Visit to Iraq, in ‘Duty to a Land Martyred’
Outreach to Islam is central to Francis’ mission, but so is heartening Christians who have endured so much. The ...
Pope Francis Makes History, Becomes First Pontiff To Visit Iraq, Says ‘I Come As Penitent’
Baghdad: Pope Francis on Friday marked history by becoming the first-ever pope to land in Iraq, despite the raging ...