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Pope Francis: Meeting with Iraq’s top Shiite cleric offered ‘universal message’ of fraternity

March 08, 2021

During an in-flight press conference on the flight back to Rome March 8, the pope was asked if the meeting with al-Sistani was a message to the religious leaders of Iran.

Pope Francis: At the Presidential Palace in Iraq

March 05, 2021

"It's indescribable," said one worshipper, 53-year-old Martin Scekes, who survived the bombing and decided to stay. Mr. Scekes told the Catholic Herald: "The Pope coming to see us will lift our hearts."

Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq Positive for Coronavirus Days Before Papal Trip

February 28, 2021

Significant other risks also attend the visit, long desired by Pope Francis and highly anticipated by the sorely tried people of the country. — Rome — The Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq, Archbishop Mitja Leskovar, has tested positive for coronavirus and is in isolation at a site removed from the nunciature — the Vatican embassy —

Iraqi government imposes COVID restrictions weeks before papal visit

February 15, 2021

These measures come in the weeks leading up to Pope Francis’ March 5-8 trip to Iraq. The pope’s schedule includes a Mass at the Chaldean Cathedral of Saint Joseph in Baghdad on March 6 and a visit to the Syriac Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Bakhdida March 7.

Feature: Archbishop Warda on Challenge, Promise of Iraqi Christianity

December 14, 2020

At stake is whether Iraq will finally emerge from the trauma of Saddam Hussein and the past sixteen years, to become a legitimate, independent and functioning country, or whether it will become a permanently lawless region, open to proxy wars between other countries and movements, and a servant to the sectarian demands of those outside the country.

Pope Francis to visit Iraq in March 2021

December 07, 2020

Pope Francis has long desired to visit the sorely tried and suffering nation of Iraq.

Iraqi Christians face ‘extinction’, report warns

July 07, 2020

Without immediate action from the international community, Christians in northern Iraq could be endangered with extinction, warns a new report from the pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need

Cathedral in Iraq’s largest Christian town to be rebuilt in 2020

December 19, 2019

The Great Al-Tahira Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Bakhdida remains charred black inside, five years after the Islamic State plundered and set it aflame; however, in 2020 the Syriac Catholic cathedral will be restored as Iraq’s largest Christian community fights to rebuild and regain what was lost. “It is a very significant church because it was