By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife) Pope Francis has visited Iraq to reassure the nation’s dwindli .
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (BosNewsLife)– Pope Francis has visited Iraq to reassure the nation’s dwindling Christian community of his prayers after years of Islamic attacks and persecution.
“We believers cannot be silent when terrorism abuses religion,” Francis said at an interfaith service Saturday, one of the many stops on the first-ever papal visit to the war-torn nation.
The leader of more than a billion Catholics visited Christian communities that suffered under the Islamic State group until the jihadists’ caliphate was defeated three years ago.
The 84-year-old, traveling under tight security, lead a prayer “for the victims of the war” in Mosul. It is seen as an ancient crossroads whose center was reduced to rubble by fierce fighting to oust
Pope Francis visits Iraqi Christians who suffered under IS
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07/03/2021 - 02:26 Pope Francis, travelling under tight security in Iraq, will lead a prayer for the victims of the war against IS in the city of Mosul Vincenzo PINTO AFP 3 min
Baghdad (AFP)
Pope Francis, on his historic Iraq tour, visits on Sunday Christian communities that endured the brutality of the Islamic State group until the jihadists caliphate was defeated three years ago.
The 84-year-old, travelling under tight security, will lead a prayer for the victims of the war in Mosul, an ancient crossroads whose centre was reduced to rubble by fierce fighting to oust IS.
In Iraq, Pope Francis visits Christians who suffered under IS Updated Mar 07, 2021 | 10:19 IST
Pope Francis trip to Iraq as a pilgrim of peace aims to reassure the country s ancient, but dwindling, Christian community and to expand his dialogue with other religions. Women wait outside the Chaldean Cathedral of Saint Joseph, in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 6, 2021, where Pope Francis, depicted on a giant poster at their back, concelebrated a mass. | Photo Credit: AP
Baghdad: Pope Francis, on his historic Iraq tour, visits on Sunday Christian communities that endured the brutality of the Islamic State group until the jihadists caliphate was defeated three years ago.