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Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi (R) welcomes Pope Francis at Baghdad International Airport's VIP Lounge, on March 5, 2021. (Ayman HENNA / AFP)
March 6, 2021, 4:26 am
Pope Francis set to meet top Shiite cleric Sistani on second day in Iraq
Pontiff to travel to shrine city of Najaf to meet Muslim authority figure during visit aimed at comforting Iraqi Christians and deepening interfaith relations
By Qassim al-Kaabi and Catherine MARCIANO
Pope Francis arrives at Baghdad's international airport, Iraq, Friday, March 5, 2021. Pope Francis heads to Iraq on Friday to urge the country's dwindling number of Christians to stay put and help rebuild the country after years of war and persecution, brushing aside the coronavirus pandemic and security concerns. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
March 5, 2021, 4:55 pm
In historic first visit to Iraq, Pope Francis calls to end violence, extremism
Pontiff’s trip to one of the world’s oldest Christian communities comes despite ongoing conflict, pandemic lockdown; aims to deepen dialogue with Muslim world
By Sarah Benhaida and Catherine MARCIANO
A hoarding of Pope Francis and top Iraqi Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani is pictured in Iraq's holy city of Najaf ahead of the Pope's visit to Iraq, on March 4, 2021. (Ali NAJAFI / AFP)
March 4, 2021, 3:58 pm
Ahead of visit to Iraq, Pope Francis says he will go as a ‘pilgrim of peace’
In video message, pontiff highlights the heavy toll paid by Iraqi Christian communities, laments there have been ‘too many martyrs’
By Catherine MARCIANO and Alice RITCHI
This undated photo provided by Italian news agency Ansa on February 23, 2020, shows Pope Pius XII blessing worshipers and attendees during the Urbi et Orbi apostolic blessing at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican (STRINGER / ANSA / AFP)
March 2, 2020, 12:16 am
Vatican opens archives on highly controversial Holocaust-era pope
Leading historian set to study newly released documents says ‘no doubt’ Piux XII knew of mass murder of Jews, but much may yet be learned about his state of mind, silence on matter
By Catherine MARCIANO
King Mohammed VI (R) waves to the crowd from his car as he arrives with Pope Francis (L) in his pope mobile in Tour Hassan square upon the pontiff's arrival in the North African country on March 30, 2019. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP)
March 30, 2019, 6:16 pm
Pope begins Morocco visit to boost dialogue, meet migrants
Improving relations with other religions has been priority for Argentine pontiff, whose papacy has been marred by wave of child sex abuse allegations against clergy
By Sophie Pons and Catherine MARCIANO
Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for ' to the city and to the world' ) Christmas' day blessing from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Monday, December 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
December 25, 2017, 2:56 pm
In Christmas address, Pope says only two-state solution will bring Mideast peace
Francis prays for peace in Jerusalem; highlights the plight of children scarred by the globe’s conflicts, and urges Catholics not to ignore migrants
By Catherine MARCIANO and ToI Staff
Pope Francis is surrounded by security while waving from above an uncovered Popemobile before the start of a mass on April 29, 2017 at a stadium in Cairo. ( AFP PHOTO / Andreas SOLARO)
April 29, 2017, 12:30 pm
Pope Francis leads mass for thousands of Egyptian Catholics
Huge security as pontiff circles Cairo stadium in a golf cart; worshipers release yellow and white balloons
By Catherine MARCIANO and Tony Gamal-Gabriel
Pope Francis (C) walks alongside Coptic Pope Tawadros II (R) during a visit at the Saint Peter and Saint Paul church in Cairo, which was target by a suicide bomb attack that killed 29 people last December, on April 28, 2017. (Andreas Solaro/AFP)
April 28, 2017, 11:18 pm
Pope pleads for ‘holy’ peace during Egypt visit
‘No act of violence can be perpetrated in the name of God, for it would profane his name,’ Francis tells Muslim-Christian conference
By Samer al-Atrush and Catherine MARCIANO
Pope Francis speaks to believers as he leaves the Porziuncola (Portiuncula) at Santa Maria degli Angeli Basilica, near Assisi, August 4, 2016, during a private visit to mark the 800th anniversary of the 'Pardon of Assisi,' in which the slates of sinners can be wiped clean. (Giuseppe Cacace/AFP)
September 20, 2016, 3:34 pm
There is ‘no God of war,’ pope tells faith leaders, war victims
World Day of Prayer for Peace unites 500 religious representatives in talks and prayers to combat religious violence and persecution
By Catherine MARCIANO
People sit and stand by the water as workers disassemble an elevator on the public beach near the Saudi King's villa in the Golfe-Juan seaside resort in Vallauris, southeastern France, August 3, 2015. (AFP/VALERY HACHE)
August 5, 2015, 1:11 pm
French reclaim beach from Saudi royal
King Salman packs up and leaves Cote d’Azur 8 days into month-long visit after installing elevator and closing off coast
By Catherine MARCIANO
The three soldiers who were attacked by a man wielding a knife while they were patrolling outside a Jewish community center in Nice, France, February 3, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/VALERY HACHE)
February 4, 2015, 6:25 pm
France knife attack sparks security questions
Stabber Moussa Coulibaly was known to police, had previous convictions for gun and drug crimes
By Catherine MARCIANO
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