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Iraqi prelate still confident in papal visit despite recent terrorism

Jan 26, 2021

Despite renewed security concerns after a series of recent terrorist attacks, one of Iraq’s top prelates has said preparations for Pope Francis’s upcoming visit are still underway.

By Elise Ann Allen

Latest papal health scare doesn’t mean the end, but it may mean change

Jan 24, 2021

Sciatica is not life-threatening, it doesn’t shorten the lifespan, and it doesn’t pose the risk of either physical or mental incapacity. That’s not to say it’s trivial – as Francis himself said talking about it in 2013, “I don’t wish it on anyone!” – but it’s not the sort of thing that raises questions about the pope’s ability to govern.

By John L. Allen Jr.

Papal trip to Argentina, Uruguay still on the table, pope tells ambassador

Jan 14, 2021

Pope Francis told Uruguay’s new ambassador to the Holy See that a future visit to the country as well as to his native Argentina is still very much on the table.

By Junno Arocho Esteves

Iraqis say for local Christians, papal visit will ‘give us back our smile’

Dec 14, 2020

Locals say Pope Francis’s upcoming trip to Iraq is both a much-needed sign of encouragement for the battered local Christian community and an opportunity to promote unity and mutual respect among the country’s diverse population.

By Elise Ann Allen

Papal travel during a pandemic – what impact will it have?

Dec 11, 2020

Pope Francis’s visit to Iraq in March will carry huge significance for the nation’s small and persecuted Christian minority living in an ancient culture with deep Christian roots, but it takes on special meaning given the coronavirus pandemic.

By Elise Ann Allen

Pope to visit Iraq in March, ending COVID travel hiatus

Dec 7, 2020

After a year of no travel due to the coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis will make a three-day visit to Iraq in March – a trip he had hoped to take last year in a show of support to the nation’s small Christian minority, but which was impossible due to security concerns and COVID-19.

By Elise Ann Allen

Empty Assisi reflects ‘fraternity of pain’ Pope Francis came to heal

Oct 3, 2020

“Right now we’re experiencing a fraternity of pain all over the word,” Archbishop Domenico Sorrentino of Assisi said, “a pain that strikes even the most powerful people in the world. We’ve felt our fragility, that we are all fragile.”

By John L. Allen Jr.