Full article Pope Francis flew into Mosul by helicopter to encourage the binding of sectarian wounds and to pray for the dead of any religion
Pope Francis met Christians on Sunday in an ancient church torched by the ISIS terror group when it swept into the northern Iraqi town of Qaraqosh in 2014. After the militants were ousted from the town in 2016, the Al-Tahera (Immaculate Conception) Church’s imposing marble floors and columns were restored and the faithful gathered there on Sunday to welcome the pontiff.
Earlier, hundreds of residents dressed in colorful traditional robes and waving olive branches, flags and balloons lined the streets to wait for the pope.
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