Pope Francis arrives at Baghdad International Airport on Friday for the first-ever papal visit to Iraq. Image: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP via Getty Images
Updated at 2:45 p.m. ET
IRBIL, Iraq Pope Francis has touched down in Iraq for the first-ever papal visit to the predominantly Muslim country, beginning a four-day visit in Baghdad, where yellow and white Vatican flags and likenesses of the pontiff flutter above hastily weeded traffic circles.
Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi welcomed Francis at Baghdad International Airport. He was greeted with fanfare as he stepped onto the red carpet, and then by a choir as he entered the airport.
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