Pope Francis landed in Baghdad on Friday, saying he felt duty-bound to make the "emblematic" visit because Iraq had suffered so much for so long. Adam Reed reports | INQUIRER.net

Amid the ruins in Mosul, Pope Francis prays for the victims of war in Iraq and in the whole of the Middle East. | Vatican News

GROUNDBREAKING VISIT: Pope Francis held mass at a stadium in Erbil during his historic visit in Iraq, with about 10,000 people gathering to cheer on his arrival as he called for unity and forgiveness. Ian Pannell reports. https://abcn.ws/3cee0Bi | ABC World News Tonight with David Muir

On the second day of his Apostolic Journey to Iraq, Pope Francis celebrates the Divine Liturgy at the Chaldean Cathedral of St. Joseph in Baghdad. The Holy Father on Saturday told Iraq’s Catholics that they are precious in the eyes of God because they witness to the Beatitudes of Jesus in their daily life. He said they are witnesses who, by living the Beatitudes, are helping God fulfil His promises of peace. Read more at the Vatican News web portal: https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2021-0

In March 2021, Pope Francis made a historic and symbolic visit to Iraq, becoming the first pope to ever set foot in the country. Among the most significant moments of the trip was his stop in Mosul, the same location where ISIS had previously released a video vowing to conquer Rome and assassinate the pope. In a move widely seen as both courageous and deeply symbolic, Pope Francis, visiting Iraq in 2021, traveled to the exact area where these threats were filmed. His presence there sent a strong