MIDDLE EAST - AFRICA
With Pope in Iraq, US embassy warns of increased attack risk
ROME – On the same day that Pope Francis arrived in Iraq for his riskiest foreign trip yet, the United...
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Pope Francis meets Iraqi Catholics in church where 48 died in 2010 terrorist attack
Rome Newsroom, Mar 5, 2021 / 08:17 am MT (CNA).- Pope Francis met Iraqi Catholic leaders in Baghdad on Friday,...
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Pope Francis’ address to the Iraqi authorities
Baghdad, Iraq, Mar 5, 2021 / 07:00 am MT (CNA).- Here is the full prepared text of Pope Francis’ address...
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Full text: Pope Francis’ address to the Iraqi authorities, civil society, and diplomatic corps
My visit is taking place at a time when the world as a whole is trying to emerge from the...
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‘The name of God cannot be used to justify acts of murder’
Rome Newsroom, Mar 5, 2021 / 06:48 am MT (CNA).- In his first speech in Iraq, Pope Francis called for...
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Pope Francis in Iraq: ‘The name of God cannot be used to justify acts of murder’
Pope Francis told the President of Iraq, Barham Ahmed Salih Qassim, and other local politicians and diplomats, that the Catholic...
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In Iraq, Pope condemns ‘murder, exile, terrorism, and oppression’ in name of religion
BAGHDAD, Iraq—During his first remarks in Iraq, Pope Francis said that the name of God can never be used “to...
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Pope says he’s making ’emblematic’ trip to Iraq that’s a ‘duty’
BAGHDAD, Iraq – On his flight Friday to Baghdad for a March 5-8 historic visit to Iraq, Pope Francis told...
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Amid pandemic, pope goes to Iraq to rally fading Christians
BAGHDAD — Pope Francis heads to Iraq on Friday to urge the country’s dwindling number of Christians to stay put...
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A timeline of disaster and displacement for Iraqi Christians
BAGHDAD — In Iraq, two decades of back-to-back conflicts have left ancient Christian communities that were once a vibrant and...
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