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Pope Francis has an ambitious agenda for the first-ever papal visit to Iraq. Reuters pic
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BAGHDAD, Mar 1 Pope Francis has an ambitious agenda for the first-ever papal visit to Iraq, including some of the country’s most treasured sites.
Here are five key locations the pontiff is set to visit.
Beleaguered Baghdad
On his first day in the Iraqi capital, Francis will give a speech at the “Our Lady of Salvation” Catholic Church in the main commercial district of Karrada.
On October 31, 2010, Islamist militants stormed the church and killed 44 worshippers, two priests and seven security force personnel in one of the deadliest attacks on Iraq’s dwindling Christian community.