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  • Iraqi cardinal calls for religion, state separation one month after papal visit

    Iraqi cardinal calls for religion, state separation one month after papal visit

    • Apr 6, 2021

    One month after Pope Francis’s historic visit to Iraq, one of the country’s top Catholic prelates has made the bold suggestion of enforcing a stricter separation between religion and the state.

    By Elise Ann Allen
  • Pope gives $350,000 to help suffering Iraqi families

    Pope gives $350,000 to help suffering Iraqi families

    • Mar 31, 2021

    Before returning to Rome from Iraq March 8, Pope Francis left $350,000 to assist families still suffering the impact of conflict or in dire straits because of the economic crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, said Cardinal Louis Sako, the Baghdad-based patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church.

    By Catholic News Service
  • Syriac Catholics, led by patriarch, process through streets of Qaraqosh

    Syriac Catholics, led by patriarch, process through streets of Qaraqosh

    • Mar 30, 2021

    Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan, visiting from the patriarchate in Beirut, led about 20,000 Christians through the streets of Qaraqosh Palm Sunday, March 28.

    By Catholic News Service
  • Top Iraqi Catholic praises return of Christian-owned property

    Top Iraqi Catholic praises return of Christian-owned property

    • Mar 22, 2021

    One of Iraq’s top Church officials has praised the recent return of several confiscated properties belonging to Christians and other minorities, saying the move is one that could hasten the return of families who left the country due to injustice and persecution.

    By Elise Ann Allen
  • Patriarch: Iraqi Christians hope goodwill from papal trip carries over

    Patriarch: Iraqi Christians hope goodwill from papal trip carries over

    • Mar 20, 2021

    Political leaders had “very nice words” during Pope Francis’s early March trip to Iraq, but now Christians pray “that those words, those declarations, will be applied on the daily level, on the ground,” said Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan.

    By Doreen Abi Raad
  • Iraqi woman who met the pope sees little chance for change

    Iraqi woman who met the pope sees little chance for change

    • Mar 12, 2021

    The story of Doha Sabah Abdallah’s personal tragedy and loss deeply resonated with Pope Francis during his historic visit last weekend to the northern Iraqi town of Qaraqosh, once devastated by Islamic State group militants.

    By Samya Kullab
  • Reverberations of pope’s Iraq visit felt after Francis is gone

    Reverberations of pope’s Iraq visit felt after Francis is gone

    • Mar 10, 2021

    Even though Pope Francis has left Iraq, there have been several significant developments in the country that observers are already crediting to the papal visit.

    By Elise Ann Allen
  • Papal trip to Iraq influences Muslims beyond Iraq’s borders, analyst says

    Papal trip to Iraq influences Muslims beyond Iraq’s borders, analyst says

    • Mar 8, 2021

    Pope Francis’s historic visit to the Middle East’s most conflict-riven nation gives hope and comfort to Iraqis of all faiths, and some would even say to Arabs beyond Iraq’s borders.

    By Dale Gavlak
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