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An Iraqi security officer patrols with a dog near a poster of Pope Francis ahead of his arrival in Baghdad on March 5, 2021. Reuters

Iraqis wait for Pope Francis amid tight security measures

March 5, 2021
Members of the Iraqi security forces stand guard in Baghdad ahead of the visit of Pope Francis to Iraq. Reuters 

Iraqis in Lebanon say Pope's visit to homeland gives them hope

March 4, 2021
Members of the Iraqi security forces stand guard in Baghdad ahead of the visit of Pope Francis to Iraq. Reuters 

Why is Pope Francis visiting Mosul's Church square?

March 4, 2021
A poster of Pope Francis in Baghdad before his visit to Iraq. Reuters

Pope Francis says he will visit Iraq as a pilgrim of peace

March 4, 2021
The Great Ziggurat temple in the ancient city of Ur is illuminated, ahead of the visit of Pope Francis to Iraq, in the southern province of Dhi Qar, around 375 kilometres southeast of the capital Baghdad. AFP

Great Ziggurat of Ur lit up ahead of Pope Francis's Iraq visit

March 4, 2021
The Pope's arrival at Ur.

Pope Francis in Iraq: live updates from the pontiff's landmark four-day trip

March 4, 2021
Father Ammar Altony Yako with the historic Aramaic prayer manuscript. Courtesy of Father Ammar Altony Yako.

Pope Francis to return rare 500-year-old ‘refugee’ prayer book to Iraq

March 4, 2021
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon in Washington. AP

White House: US will respond to Iraq base attack at a time of our choosing

March 4, 2021
Iraqi and Vatican flags, as well as posters, are being put up in central Baghdad to welcome Pope Francis. EPA

The Pope's visit to Iraq should remind the region how to atone

March 4, 2021
A giant billboard bears portraits of Pope Francis and Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani in Baghdad on March 3, 2021. AFP

Who is Ayatollah Ali Al Sistani and what will happen when he meets the Pope in Iraq?

March 4, 2021
 The local community of Qaraqosh helps with the renovation of the Al Tahira church, with young men scrubbing and painting the fences, ahead of Pope Francis' first visit to Iraq this week. Photo taken on February 25, 2021 in Mosul, Iraq. Getty Images 

Pope Francis’s visit to Iraq a boost to shrinking Christian community

March 3, 2021
A worker rolls a poster of Pope Francis and Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, ahead of the Pope's planned visit to Iraq, at a shop in Najaf, Iraq, February 28, 2021. Reuters/Alaa Al-Marjani

Why is Pope Francis visiting Najaf?

March 3, 2021
Cardinal Louis Raphael I Sako speaks during a news conference ahead of the planned visit of Pope Francis to Iraq, in Baghdad, Iraq March 3, 2021. Reuters

Pope Francis confirms Iraq visit despite envoy catching Covid-19 and rocket attacks

March 3, 2021
A man waves the Iraqi flag from an aircraft carrying the first batch of doses of the Sinopharm vaccine against the Covid-19 after it arrived at Baghdad International Airport, in Baghdad, Iraq March 2, 2021. Reuters.

Iraq launches Covid-19 inoculation drive to control second wave of infections

March 3, 2021
The US released new footage of the Iranian attack on Al Asad base in western Iraq. US Central Command

Watch: Iran's terrifying missile barrage retaliation for Suleimani killing

March 3, 2021
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Workers set up a poster of Pope Francis in Arbil, the capital of Iraq's northern autonomous Kurdish region, on March 3, 2021, ahead of the first-ever papal visit to Iraq. Pope Francis is set to visit Iraq from March 5 to 8 with an ambitious programme that will take him around the country. / AFP / SAFIN HAMED

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