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Cardinal Joseph Coutts of Karachi, Pakistan, speaks at a symposium on religious freedom presented by the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See in Rome in 2018. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Pakistan cardinal says homeland has ‘the good, the bad, and the ugly’

Inés San Martín|Oct 19, 2021|8 Min Read

Pope Francis meets with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad during a private meeting at the Vatican Aug. 26, 2021. Murad was kidnapped by Islamic State militants in Iraq in 2014 during a genocidal campaign against the Yazidi people. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope meets with genocide survivor who inspired his Iraq trip

Carol Glatz|Aug 27, 2021|3 Min Read

Some 70 children received their first communion in the Nineveh Plains, in northern Iraq, on July 17, 2021. (Father Karam Shamasha/Twitter via Crux)

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For Iraqi Christians, scenes of both horror and hope

Inés San Martín|Jul 21, 2021|4 Min Read

Men in Kojo, Iraq, gather Feb. 6, 2021, near the tombs of people from the Yazidi minority who were killed by Islamic State militants. Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar Warda of Irbil, Iraq, in a July 14, 2021, address at the International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington that beyond Iraq's infrastructure needs, what needs to be rebuilt is the dignity of those who suffered under the Islamic State group. (CNS photo/Thaier al-Sudani, Reuters)

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Iraqi prelate: Dignity takes longer to rebuild than structures

Mark Pattison|Jul 15, 2021|4 Min Read

People inspect the damage after a fire broke out at al-Hussein Teaching Hospital in Nasiriya, Iraq, July 13, 2021. Pope Francis offered his prayers and condolences after the fire at in the hospital's COVID-19 ward left at least 64 people dead. (CNS photo/Khalid Al-Mousily, Reuters)

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Pope Francis prays for more than 60 people killed in Iraq COVID ward fire

Catholic News Agency|Jul 13, 2021|2 Min Read

An Iraqi Christian is shown during preparations before Pope Francis visit at the main stadium in Irbil, Iraq, Saturday, March 6, 2021. (Hadi Mizban/AP via Crux)

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Iraqi prelate says secular state is lone survival strategy for Middle East Christians

Elise Ann Allen|Apr 26, 2021|5 Min Read

Pope Francis is welcomed by the Chaldean patriarch, Cardinal Luis Sako, at the Sayidat al-Nejat (Our Lady of Salvation) Cathedral, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March 5, 2021. (Andrew Medichini/AP via Crux)

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God is alive and working in Iraq, pope says to patriarch

Elise Ann Allen|Apr 14, 2021|4 Min Read

President of the Republic of Iraq Barham Salih is received by Pope Francis in a private audience at The Vatican, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/Pool via AP/Crux)

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Iraqi cardinal calls for religion, state separation one month after papal visit

Elise Ann Allen|Apr 6, 2021|5 Min Read

In this Jan. 18, 2019 photo, a house that once belonged to a Christian family lies in ruins, destroyed during fighting with the Islamic State, in Bartella, Iraq. (Fay Abuelgasim/AP via Crux)

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Top Iraqi Catholic praises return of Christian-owned property

Elise Ann Allen|Mar 22, 2021|5 Min Read

Pope Francis is greeted by Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, one of Shiite Islam's most authoritative figures, during a courtesy visit in Najaf, Iraq, March 6, 2021. (Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani office, via CNS)

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Washington cardinal: Catholics, Shia Muslims must build on Papal visit to Iraq

John Lavenburg|Mar 18, 2021|4 Min Read

Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, one of Shiite Islam's most authoritative figures, meets with Pope Francis March 6, 2021, in Najaf, Iraq. The pope was joined by Father George Ayoub, a translator from the Vatican Secretariat of State, Cardinal Louis Sako, the Chaldean patriarch, and Cardinal Miguel Angel Ayuso, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

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'Human fraternity' includes citizenship rights for all, cardinal says

Cindy Wooden|Mar 12, 2021|3 Min Read

Pope Francis releases a white dove near during a memorial prayer for the victims of the war at Hosh al-Bieaa (church square) in Mosul, Iraq, March 7, 2021. The large gold cross at right was made by Iraqi architect Omar Carona. A sculpture of a white dove sits on top of the cross; two hands, representing Mosul's men and women, hold the Christian symbol. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

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ISIS never conquered Rome, but this month a Roman pontiff conquered Iraq

Inés San Martín|Mar 10, 2021|8 Min Read

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