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Statement on Visit of Pope Francis to Iraq

Statement on Visit of Pope Francis to Iraq News provided by Share this article Share this article NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/  The Knights of Columbus joins Pope Francis in prayer and support as he makes his March 5-8 apostolic journey to Iraq the first papal visit to that country. This historic encounter stands as a powerful sign of hope and solidarity with the persecuted Christians and other minorities of the war-torn region and as a demonstration of international religious unity. As the Holy Father has said, Iraq has been a martyred land for too long, observed Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly. Support of persecuted minorities in the Middle East has been a major initiative of the Knights of Columbus since 2014. We are proud to support the Holy Father s outreach to the people of Iraq, and I urge Catholics everywhere to continue to pray in solidarity with our suffering brothers and sisters there and throughout the world.

LIVE: Pilgrim of peace Pope Francis heads to war-scarred Iraq

DUBAI: Pope Francis called for an end to extremism and violence in his opening address Friday on the first-ever papal visit to Iraq, long scarred by war and now gripped by coronavirus. The 84-year-old pontiff, who said he was making the first-ever papal visit to Iraq as a ‘pilgrim of peace,’ will also reach out to Shiite Muslims when he meets Iraq’s top cleric, Grand Ayatollah

Beyond piety and PR: What Pope Francis must bring to Iraq

Beyond piety and PR: What Pope Francis must bring to Iraq In Mosul, the Pope will pray at a memorial for victims of Islamic State [Getty] Date of publication: 5 March, 2021 Share this page: Editor s note: This article is part of our special coverage of Pope Francis visit to Iraq. The rest of our coverage can be accessed on this regularly updated portal. Go back for a minute to the year 2000 when Pope John-Paul II was getting ready to visit Iraq during the celebrations of the Jubilee Year. Like Pope Francis, he too had accepted an invitation by the Catholic bishops of Iraq to visit the country but the negotiations between the Vatican and Iraqi authorities faltered and the pontifical visit never took place.

Pope Francis meets Iraqi Catholics in church where 48 died in 2010 terrorist attack

Pope Francis meets Iraqi Catholics in church where 48 died in 2010 terrorist attack
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