In a historic first, Pope Francis visited Iraq in March 2021, including a symbolically powerful stop in Mosul, the site of ISIS’s vow to conquer Rome and assassinate him. Standing amid the ruins of ISIS-desecrated churches, he delivered a message of peace and resilience, praying for Christian and Muslim victims of the group’s violence. “Fraternity is more durable than fratricide,” he declared. In Qaraqosh, a liberated Christian town, he met with displaced families, encouraging them to rebuild th

Amid the ruins in Mosul, Pope Francis prays for the victims of war in Iraq and in the whole of the Middle East. | Vatican News

At the conclusion of his Apostolic Journey to Iraq, Pope Francis celebrated Sunday Mass with the Iraqi faithful in Erbil’s Franso Hariri Stadium. Read more at the Vatican News web portal: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2021-03/the-church-in-iraq-is-alive-pope-francis-at-mass-in-erbil.html | Vatican News

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At the start of the third day of his papal visit to Iraq, Pope Francis travels to the city of Erbil where he met with the President and the Prime Minister of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan. The Pope's itinerary for Sunday include visits to Mosul and Qaraqosh. Read more at the Vatican News web portal: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2021-03/pope-francis-iraqi-kurdistan-erbil-apostolic-journey.html | Vatican News