Pope Francis visits Iraq’s war-ravaged north on last day of tour
Al Jazeera
Pope arrives in Erbil and is expected to visit Mosul, visit small Christian community of Qaraqosh.
Pope Francis has arrived in northern Iraq, where he is planning to pray in the ruins of churches damaged or destroyed by fighters from the ISIL (ISIS) armed group and celebrate an open-air Mass on the last day of his visit to the country. The 84-year-old pontiff is currently on the first-ever papal visit to Iraq, where the Christian community has dwindled after years of war and persecution. Francis arrived at Erbil airport on Sunday morning where he will be meeting leaders of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region.
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