MIDDLE EAST - AFRICA
Pope Francis confirms plans to go to Hungary for International Eucharistic Congress
Before the coronavirus pandemic canceled possible papal trips to Indonesia, East Timor, and Papua New Guinea in 2020, Francis kept...
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Pope Francis moved by Iraqi Christians’ witness
Aboard the papal plane, Mar 8, 2021 / 07:35 am MT (CNA).- Pope Francis said Monday that the sight of...
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‘This is the pure Gospel’: Pope Francis moved by Iraqi Christians’ witness
“But then what touched me most was the testimony of a mother in Qaraqosh,” Pope Francis said on his flight...
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Meeting with Iraq’s top Shiite cleric offered ‘universal message’ of fraternity
Aboard the papal plane, Mar 8, 2021 / 07:02 am MT (CNA).- On his flight to Rome from Baghdad on...
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Pope Francis: Meeting with Iraq’s top Shiite cleric offered ‘universal message’ of fraternity
The two men spoke for around 45 minutes during a private meeting at al-Sistani’s residence in Najaf, central Iraq, according...
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Pope Francis returns historic prayer book saved from Islamic State to the Nineveh Plains
Rome Newsroom, Mar 8, 2021 / 06:05 am MT (CNA).- During his trip to Iraq, Pope Francis returned a historic...
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After historic whirlwind visit, Pope leaves Iraq for Rome
BAGHDAD — Pope Francis on Monday wrapped up his historic whirlwind tour of Iraq that sought to bring hope to...
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Iraqi Catholic leader calls Pope Francis’s trip a ‘miracle’
QARAQOSH, Iraq – Although the impact of papal trips is often hard to assess in the immediate aftermath, such cautions...
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Pope Francis in Iraq meets with father whose children died as refugees in shipwreck
Rome Newsroom, Mar 7, 2021 / 11:00 am MT (CNA).- Pope Francis met Sunday with a father who lost his...
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Pope meets father of drowned child whose image captured imaginations
ROME – On his last day in Iraq, Pope Francis held a surprise meeting with Abdullah Kurdi, the father of...
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