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3/8/2021 9:26:11 AM
During Francis's trip, the first ever papal visit to Iraq, he toured four cities, including Mosul, the former IS stronghold where vast areas still lie in ruins, telling Iraqis that 'peace is more powerful than war'
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3/7/2021 9:14:00 PM
The Kurdi family were hoping to one day resettle in Canada, but their dream turned to a nightmare six years ago when three-year-old Alan drowned alongside his older brother Galip and his mother Rehanna
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3/7/2021 8:20:00 PM
The mass witnessed the ordination of seven bishops and the enthronement of two others
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3/7/2021 2:49:39 PM
Francis flew into the northern city by helicopter to encourage the healing of sectarian wounds and to pray for the dead of any religion
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3/7/2021 1:47:00 PM
The 84-year-old pontiff said the 'tragic' exodus of Christians from Iraq and the wider region 'does incalculable harm not just to the individuals and communities concerned, but also to the society they leave behind'
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3/6/2021 7:44:05 PM
Sistani "affirmed his concern that Christian citizens should live like all Iraqis in peace and security and with their full constitutional rights"
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3/6/2021 11:53:00 AM
Following the 2003 US war on Iraq, the 1.5 million Iraqi Christian minority dwindled to less than half a million
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3/6/2021 9:29:56 AM
Francis’s meeting in the holy southern city of Najaf, during a whirlwind and risky tour of Iraq, marked the first time a pope has met with such a senior Shia cleric
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3/5/2021 5:03:15 PM
"May the clash of arms be silenced ... may there be an end to acts of violence and extremism," the Pope said, addressing Iraqi President Barham Salih, politicians and diplomats at the presidential palace
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3/5/2021 2:49:54 PM
"I pray to Almighty Allah to grant him success and that his trip achieves the desired outcome to continue on the path of human fraternity,” Al-Azhar's Al-Tayeb tweeted on Friday
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3/5/2021 1:13:56 PM
The Pope's first stop was to meet Iraqi President Barham Salih at the presidential palace, where a red carpet, military band and flock of doves greeted him
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3/4/2021 1:54:25 PM
'I long to meet you, to see your faces, to visit your land, ancient and extraordinary cradle of civilisation,' the pope said
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3/3/2021 9:54:39 AM
It was the second rocket attack in Iraq this month and came two days before Pope Francis is due to visit the country
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3/3/2021 9:45:56 AM
Every detail was scrutinized ahead of time in painstaking, behind-the-scenes preparations that touched on everything from shoes to seating arrangements
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3/1/2021 10:01:16 AM
The March 5-8 trip will be Francis' first outside Italy since November 2019, when he visited Thailand and Japan
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2/28/2021 3:17:37 PM
Their concerns were reinforced with the news that the Vatican ambassador to Iraq, the main point person for the trip who would have escorted Francis to all his appointments, tested positive for COVID-19
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2/28/2021 2:36:43 PM
Pope Francis is due to hold prayers for the victims of war at Hosh al-Bieaa as part of a four-day trip starting on March 5, a visit described as highly symbolic and a message of hope
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2/24/2021 9:33:29 AM
Iraq’s Christian communities in the area were dealt a severe blow when they were scattered by the IS onslaught in 2014, further shrinking the country’s already dwindling Christian population
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2/22/2021 4:41:16 PM
The medallions feature the popes Cyril VI, Shenouda III, and Tawadros II
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2/22/2021 2:20:30 PM
Popular with Western visitors in the 1970s and 1980s, Ur is scarcely visited today after decades of war and political instability shattered Iraq’s international tourism industry
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