The Higher Committee of Human Fraternity hails Pope Francis’ just-concluded Apostolic Journey to Iraq as a crucial moment for promoting tolerance, inclusiveness and human fraternity.
#PopeFrancis reflects on his recent Apostolic Journey to Iraq, and highlights a penitential sense he felt during his visit, as well as the joy of the Iraqi people at welcoming Christ's message. #GeneralAudience
Pope Francis sends messages of peace and blessing to heads of state, as he flies back to Rome after his Apostolic Journey to Iraq. #PopeInIraq
At the conclusion of his Apostolic Journey to Iraq, #PopeFrancis praises the generosity and heroic witness of Iraqis, while thanking all those who made his visit possible. #PopeInIraq
Speaking to journalists aboard the papal flight back to Rome, Pope Francis looks back at some of the most salient milestones of his historic Apostolic Journey to Iraq. #PopeInIraq
Pope Francis bids farewell to the people of Iraq, as he boards the papal plane at the end of his 33rd Apostolic Journey abroad. #PopeInIraq
#PopeFrancis concludes the first day of his Apostolic Journey to Iraq meeting with participants in a Scholas Occurentes youth program. #PopeInIraq
On the second day of his Apostolic Journey to Iraq, #PopeFrancis arrives in the city of Najaf for a meeting with Grand Ayatollah Sayyid AliAl-Husayni Al-Sistani. #PopeInIraq
At the conclusion of his Apostolic Journey to Iraq, Pope Francis celebrated Sunday Mass with the Iraqi faithful in Erbil’s Franso Hariri Stadium. #PopeInIraq
Pope Francis travels to Erbil on the third day of his Apostolic Journey to Iraq, where he met with the President and the Prime Minister of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan. #PopeInIraq
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Pope Francis’ Apostolic Journey to Iraq offers a unique opportunity to learn about the history of Christianity in Mesopotamia, where Jesus’ mother-tongue endures to this day. #PopeInIraq
In the run-up to Pope Francis’ Apostolic Visit to Iraq, he asks the faithful to accompany his journey with prayers so it may bear fruit for the Middle Eastern nation. #PopeInIraq
Pope Francis flies out of Rome’s Fiumicino airport aboard the papal plane bound for Baghdad, as he begins his 4-day Apostolic Journey to Iraq. #PopeInIraq
Pope Francis prays before the ancient icon of Maria Salus Populi Romani to entrust his Apostolic Journey to Iraq to the protection of Our Lady.
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