A historic moment. For the first time ever: a pope setting foot in Iraq. Pope Francis arrived in Baghdad on Friday, beginning a three-day tour of the country to boost the fading Christian community ...

The first-ever Iraq visit by a pope could've ended disastrously, but a foiled assassination plot has enabled Pope Francis to write about the event in retrospect. "Almost everyone advised me against ...

BAGHDAD — The death of Pope Francis has sent shockwaves through Iraq’s Christian community, where his presence once brought hope after one of the darkest chapters in the country’s recent history. His ...

BAGHDAD — Pope Francis is urging Iraqis to value their religious minorities and consider them a “precious resource” to protect, not an obstacle to eliminate as he opened the first-ever papal visit to ...

BAGHDAD — Pope Francis has wrapped up a historic whirlwind tour of Iraq that sought to bring hope to the country’s marginalized Christian minority with a message of coexistence, forgiveness and peace.

On his visit to Mosul on March 7, 2021, Pope Francis Pope Francis prayed for the victims of war outside the ruined centuries-old Al-Tahera (Immaculate Conception) Church — Vincenzo PINTO Grand ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq is aiming to strengthen bilateral relations with the Vatican, Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein ...

On his visit to Mosul on March 7, 2021, Pope Francis Pope Francis prayed for the victims of war outside the ruined centuries-old Al-Tahera (Immaculate Conception ...