Home > Overseas MULTIMEDIA Pope Francis visits Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region Vincenzo Pinto, AFP Posted at Mar 08 2021 09:39 AM | Updated as of Mar 08 2021 11:13 AM Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Viber Pope Francis blesses people as he arrives in the popemobile at the Franso Hariri Stadium in Erbil, on Sunday, in the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region. Pope Francis, on his historic Iraq tour, visits today Christian communities that endured the brutality of the Islamic State group until the jihadists' "caliphate" was defeated three years ago. Read More: Pope Francis Franco Hariri Satidum Erbil Iraq Papal Visit the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region multimedia multimedia photos