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Pope Francis greets Cardinal Louis Sako, the Baghdad-based patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, during a consistory at the Vatican in this June 28, 2018, file photo. Pope Francis plans to visit Iraq March 5-8, 2021. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Vatican releases program for papal trip to Iraq

Cindy Wooden|Feb 8, 2021|3 Min Read

Pope Francis meets with members of the Catholic News Service Rome bureau at the Domus Sanctae Marthae at the Vatican Feb. 1, 2021. The meeting was in recognition of the 100th anniversary of CNS. Pictured on the couch are Carol Glatz, correspondent, and Cindy Wooden, bureau chief. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Pope talks about Iraq trip, Catholic journalism, church in U.S.

Cindy Wooden|Feb 1, 2021|4 Min Read

Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, is pictured during a meeting with then-U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Najaf, Iraq, in this July 24, 2014, file photo. Pope Francis is scheduled to meet with al-Sistani during his March 5-8 visit to Iraq, according to Cardinal Louis Sako, the Baghdad-based patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church. Cardinal Sako briefed journalists Jan. 28 on plans for Pope Francis' Iraq trip. (CNS photo/Eskinder Debebe/United Nations via Reuters)

Pope Francis to meet top Shiite cleric on Iraq visit, says cardinal

Courtney Mares|Jan 28, 2021|3 Min Read

Pope Francis greets Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Louis Sako of Baghdad, Iraq, during a meeting with Chaldean Catholics at the Church of St. Simon the Tanner in Tbilisi, Georgia, in this Sept. 30, 2016, file photo. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Iraqi prelate still confident in papal visit despite recent terrorism

Elise Ann Allen|Jan 26, 2021|3 Min Read

The site of a suicide bombing attack in a central market in Baghdad is seen Jan. 21, 2021. Pope Francis expressed his condolences to Iraqi President Barham Salih after the bombings, which killed dozens of people. The pope is scheduled to visit Iraq March 5-8. (CNS photo/Thaier al-Sudani, Reuters)

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Pope Francis sends condolences after 32 killed in suicide bombings in Iraq

Courtney Mares|Jan 21, 2021|3 Min Read

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Iraq: Papal visit logo unveiled amid uncertainty over Pope Francis’ March trip

Hannah Brockhaus|Jan 13, 2021|3 Min Read

Pope Francis listens as Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, expresses his best wishes to the pope during an audience with officials of the Roman Curia at the Vatican Dec. 21, 2020. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

The papal priorities set for a 2021 comeback

Inés San Martín|Jan 5, 2021|6 Min Read

Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar Warda of Irbil, Iraq, gives a testimony of Christian persecution Nov. 28, 2018, during a vespers service in the Crypt Church at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

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Catholic archbishop: papal visit could 'change trajectory' of Christian presence in Iraq

Courtney Mares|Dec 18, 2020|3 Min Read

Father Andrzej Halemba is seen in this file photo carrying a crucifix during a procession of the Christians in Qaraqosh, Iraq. (CNS photo/courtesy Aid to the Church in Need)

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Iraq visit illustrates the papacy is about something bigger

Elise Ann Allen|Dec 16, 2020|4 Min Read

Women mourn the death of a man who was killed in a Turkish airstrike in Sheladize, Iraq, June 22, 2020. (CNS/Kawa Omar, Reuters via Crux)

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Iraqis say for local Christians, papal visit will ‘give us back our smile’

Elise Ann Allen|Dec 14, 2020|9 Min Read

Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil, Iraq. (Aid to the Church in Need via Crux)

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Iraqi archbishop says papal visit a ‘courageous’ decision

Elise Ann Allen|Dec 8, 2020|6 Min Read

A woman wearing a protective mask prays during Mass at a church in Mosul, Iraq, Nov. 1, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Vatican has confirmed Pope Francis will visit Iraq March 5-8. (CNS photo/Abdullah Rashid, Reuters)

Pope Francis will travel to Iraq in 2021

Courtney Mares|Dec 7, 2020|3 Min Read

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