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 ...
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Pope meets top Iraq Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Sistani
Pope Francis arrived in Iraq on Friday and met with senior government officials on the first-ever papal visit ...
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 ...
Grand Imam praises Pope’s ‘courageous’ visit to Iraq
He expressed his prayer that the trip would achieve the "hoped-for fruits on the path of human brotherhood". ...
Pope arrives in Iraq to rally Christians despite pandemic
BAGHDAD: Pope Francis arrived in Iraq on Friday to urge the country's dwindling number of Christians to stay put ...
Pope Francis arrives in Baghdad on first papal visit to Iraq
Pope Francis landed in Baghdad on Friday for his most risky foreign trip since his election in 2012, saying ...
In Pictures: Pope Francis in Iraq
Pope John Paul II had to cancel plans to visit Iraq at the turn of this century as escalating ...
‘Pilgrim of peace’ Pope Francis heads to war-scarred Iraq
Pope Francis starts a historic trip to war-battered Iraq today, defying security fears and the pandemic to comfort one ...
Pope Francis Travels to Iraq on a Mission of Healing
Pope Francis begins a three-day whirlwind tour of Iraq on Friday, despite worries that he could draw large crowds ...