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Iran calls Pope's Iraq visit 'good' and 'constructive'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 08 07:54 PM

Iran's foreign ministry Monday called Pope Francis' trip to neighboring Iraq "very good" and "constructive", and described his meeting with the country's top Shiite official as conveying inter-religious peace. Read more »

Pope Francis visits Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region

Vincenzo Pinto, AFP
Updated as of Mar 08 11:13 AM

Pope Francis blesses people as he arrives in the popemobile vehicle at the Franso Hariri Stadium in Erbil, on Sunday, in the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region. Read more »

Pope celebrates largest mass of historic Iraq trip

Catherine Marciano, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 08 07:23 AM

Pope Francis vowed Sunday to keep Iraq in his heart, as he concluded the largest mass and final public event of a historic trip meant to encourage the country's dwindling Christian community and deepen interfaith dialogue.   Read more »

Pope Francis visits Iraqi Christians who suffered under IS

Catherine Marciano and Sarah Benhaida, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 07 04:12 PM

Pope Francis landed in northern Iraq on Sunday to cap his historic tour to the country with a visit to Christian communities that endured the brutality of a jihadist "caliphate". Read more »

Pope Francis visits Baghdad's Saint Joseph Cathedral

Sabah Arar, AFP
Posted at Mar 07 01:49 PM

Pope Francis arrives at Baghdad's Saint Joseph Cathedral on the second day of the first papal visit to Iraq on Saturday. Read more »

Pope, on Iraq visit, decries violence in God's name as 'greatest blasphemy'

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Updated as of Mar 07 12:59 AM

(UPDATE 2) - Pope Francis walked down a narrow alleyway in the holy city of Najav to hold a historic meeting with Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric and visited the birthplace of the Prophet Abraham on Saturday to condemn violence in the name of God as "the greatest blasphemy". Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: March 5, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 06 12:52 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

'Silence the arms': Pope urges end to violence on historic Iraq trip

Sarah Benhaida and Catherine Marciano, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 05 10:08 PM

The 84-year-old is defying a second wave of the global pandemic and renewed security fears to make a "long-awaited" trip to comfort one of the world's oldest Christian communities. Read more »

Pope Francis arrives in Iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister’s Press Office via AFP
Posted at Mar 05 08:55 PM

A picture released by Iraq's Prime Minister's Media Office on Twitter shows Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi welcoming Francis at Baghdad Airport on Friday.  Read more »

Pope Francis arrives in Baghdad for risky, historic Iraq tour

Philip Pullella and John Davison, Reuters
Updated as of Mar 05 07:27 PM

Pope Francis headed to Iraq on Friday for his most risky foreign trip since his election in 2013, and said he felt duty-bound to make the "emblematic" visit because the country had suffered so much for so long. Read more »

Pope Francis' upcoming Iraq trip is 'dangerous': Benedict

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 01 08:29 PM

VATICAN CITY - Benedict XVI, who resigned as pontiff eight years ago, warned in an interview published Monday that Pope Francis' historic upcoming trip to Iraq was "dangerous". Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: February 26, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 26 11:17 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Pope Francis visit to Iraq nears

Ahmad Al-Rubaye, AFP
Posted at Feb 26 09:33 PM

Iraqi municipal workers sweep a street in front of a board covered with a painting of the Pope and set against the wall of a Catholic church, in Baghdad, Friday. Read more »

US forces in Iraq hit by rocket; contractor killed

John Davison and Ahmed Rasheed, Reuters
Posted at Feb 17 04:08 AM

A rocket attack on U.S.-led forces in northern Iraq killed a civilian contractor on Monday and injured a U.S. service member, the U.S. coalition in Iraq said, in the deadliest such attack in almost a year. Read more »

Pope, due to visit Iraq in March, condemns Baghdad attack

Reuters
Posted at Jan 21 10:38 PM

 Pope Francis, who is scheduled to visit Iraq in March, on Thursday condemned a twin suicide bombing that killed at least 32 people in a Baghdad market as a "senseless act of brutality". Read more »

PANOORIN: Pagsalubong ng 'Pandemic New Year' sa buong mundo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 01 09:25 PM

Binago ng coronavirus disease pandemic ang paraan ng pagsalubong sa Bagong Taon sa buong mundo. Read more »

Trump pardons 2 linked to Russia probe, Blackwater guards, others

Agence France Presse
Posted at Dec 23 10:23 PM

US President Donald Trump granted pardons Tuesday to two people linked to a probe into alleged collusion between his campaign and Russia along with a list of others as time ticks away on his remaining weeks in office. Read more »

Pope Francis plans historic Iraq trip in March

Catherine Marciano, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 07 09:39 PM

Pope Francis will make a historic visit to Iraq in March, the Vatican said Monday, the first ever by a pontiff and which will include a trip to Mosul. Read more »

After troop cuts in Iraq and Afghanistan, Trump orders pullout from Somalia

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 05 08:04 AM

President Donald Trump has ordered the removal of most US military and security personnel from Somalia, where they have been conducting operations against the Al-Shabaab militant group, the Pentagon said Friday. Read more »

Iraq hangs 21 on terrorism charges in latest mass executions

Reuters
Posted at Nov 17 04:23 AM

BAGHDAD - Iraq hanged 21 convicted terrorists and murderers on Monday, an interior ministry statement said, the latest in a series of mass executions it has carried out since defeating the Islamic State group in 2017.   Read more »