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Relive the highlights of Pope Francis' three day visit to Iraq, the first-ever papal visit to the biblical land having places of religious importance to Jews, Christians and Muslims.
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March 5, 2021 : Highlights of Pope Francis’ first day in Iraq

• Meeting with civil authorities and the nation's Bishops, clergy, and religious.

March 6, 2021 : Highlights of Pope Francis’ second day in Iraq

• Meeting with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani at Najaf, one of the leading figures in Shia Islam.
•  Visit to Ur of the Chaldeans. There, in a venue set up next to what tradition says is the house of Abraham, the Pope held a meeting with representatives of the three Abrahamic religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

• Celebration of the Divine Liturgy at the Chaldean Cathedral of St. Joseph, Baghdad.

March 7, 2021 : Highlights of Pope Francis’ third day in Iraq

Pope Francis began the day in Erbil, where he met with the President and the Prime Minister of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan, as well as civil and religious authorities.

From Erbil, Pope Francis travelled to Mosul, where, in the midst of the devastation wrought by ISIS, he prayed for peace for victims of the war in Iraq and throughout the Middle East.

At the Church of the Immaculate Conception, in the northern Iraqi town of Qaraosh, the Pope met with members of the local Christian population, urging them to rebuild their communities based on forgiveness and fraternity.

Finally, Pope Francis returned to Erbil, where he celebrated Sunday Mass with some 10,000 members of the faithful.

Pope bids farewell to Iraq after a historic visit