News
Global Headlines Pope Francis to visit Iraq next year
Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 07 Dec 2020, 06:13 am Print
Pope Francis Wallpaper Cave
Rome/Sputnik: Pope Francis will pay an official visit to Iraq from Mar 5-8, 2021, Vatican press office chief Matteo Bruni said on Monday.
"[Pope Francis] will visit Baghdad, the Plain of Ur, linked to Abraham, the city of Erbiil, as well as Mosul and Qaraqosh in the Plain of Nineveh [on March 5-8," Bruni said, as cited by the Ansa news agency.
According to the spokesman, the visit, initiated by the Iraqi authorities and the local Catholic Church as a "message of peace," will take place given the epidemiological situation in the world.
More News
- UK: British art expert jailed for selling works to suspected Hezbollah financier
- Humiliation for Pakistan as US lawmaker asks Bilawal Bhutto-led delegation to act on terror and protect minorities
- USA: Two Chinese nationals charged with conspiracy, smuggling a dangerous biological pathogen
- Australia: 21-year-old left hospitalized in targeted shooting
- Four dead after Russian drones, missiles strike Kyiv
