NewsPope Francis Returns To Italy After Historic Iraq Visit

Pope Francis Returns To Italy After Historic Iraq Visit

08.03.2021 11:42

Pontiff travelled to five Iraqi cities during his four day visit.

Pope Francis returned Monday to Italy following his historic four-day visit to Iraq.

Francis was sent off with an official farewell ceremony held at Baghdad International Airport. Iraqi President Barham Saleh accompanied the pontiff to the plane.

The four-day visit from March 5-8 covered five Iraqi cities, including Baghdad, Erbil, Mosul, Najaf and Nasiriyah.

It was the first-ever visit by a pope to Iraq and the pontiff's first foreign tour since the global outbreak of coronavirus last year.

*Writing by Zehra Nur Duz -

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