Ur, Iraq, Mar 6, 2021 / 03:25 am (CNA).- Here is the full prepared text of Pope Francis’ address at an interreligious meeting, delivered March 6, 2021, in the Plain of Ur, Iraq.
Dear brothers and sisters, This blessed place brings us back to our… […]
CNA Staff, Mar 6, 2021 / 03:15 am (CNA).- Pope Francis on Saturday appealed for harmony among the followers of the world’s major monotheistic religions at an interreligious meeting in the Plain of Ur, southern Iraq.
Speaking at the ancient site,… […]
Baghdad, Iraq, Mar 5, 2021 / 08:30 am (CNA).- Here is the full text of Pope Francis’ address to bishops, priests, religious, consecrated persons, seminarians, and catechists, delivered March 5, 2021, at the Syriac Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady o… […]
Rome Newsroom, Mar 5, 2021 / 08:17 am (CNA).- Pope Francis met Iraqi Catholic leaders in Baghdad on Friday, in a cathedral where 48 people were martyred during a 2010 terrorist attack.
The March 5 meeting with bishops, priests, religious, seminarians,… […]
Baghdad, Iraq, Mar 5, 2021 / 07:00 am (CNA).- Here is the full prepared text of Pope Francis’ address to the Iraqi authorities, civil society, and the diplomatic corps, delivered March 5, 2021, at the Presidential Palace in Baghdad.
Mr President… […]
Rome Newsroom, Mar 5, 2021 / 06:48 am (CNA).- In his first speech in Iraq, Pope Francis called for an end to violence and extremism so that ordinary Iraqis can live, work, and pray in peace.
Speaking to Iraqi government authorities from the hall of th… […]
Vatican City, Mar 4, 2021 / 04:00 am (CNA).- A day before he departs for Baghdad, Pope Francis sent a video message to the Iraqi people, saying that he was coming to Iraq as “a pilgrim of peace.”
“I am coming as a pilgrim, as a penit… […]
Rome Newsroom, Feb 23, 2021 / 09:00 am (CNA).- When Cardinal Fernando Filoni served as the papal nuncio in Iraq in the early 2000s, he remained in Baghdad amid bombings and suicide attacks.
In an interview with EWTN, the cardinal remembered the words … […]
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