Arbil, Iraq, March 7 (AFP/APP):Pope Francis on his last night in Iraq Sunday met the father of Alan Kurdi, the drowned Syrian Kurdish toddler who became a symbol of the
Baghdad, March 6 (AFP/APP):In the sun-soaked courtyard of Baghdad's St Joseph Cathedral, members of Iraq's dwindling Christian community waited in solemn silence for a man they'd never dreamt they would
Ur, Iraq, March 6 (AFP/APP):Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, one of top Shiite clerics, told Pope Francis in a historic meeting in Iraq on Saturday that the country's Christians should live
The Pope and a top Shiite cleric are pleading for peace in a historic Iraq encounter.
Pope Francis embarked on a historic visit to war-battered Iraq on Friday
Vatican City, Feb 28 (AFP/APP):Pope Francis condemned on Sunday the kidnapping of more than 300 schoolgirls in Nigeria last week as "vile". "I join the bishops of Nigeria in condemning
Vatican City, Dec 25 (AFP/APP): Pope Francis in his Christmas message on Friday called for "vaccines for all, especially the most vulnerable and most in need in all regions of
Vatican City, Oct 23 (AFP/APP): Pope Francis launched an appeal Wednesday for dialogue and an end to violent protests in Chile over economic inequality which have swept the country and
Buenos Aires, Oct 11 (AFP/APP): The pastor's voice bellows through an old converted cinema in a rundown Buenos Aires barrio and hundreds of hands reach out in prayer. Though not
Vatican City, Oct 6 (AFP/APP):Pope Francis will gather Catholic bishops at the Vatican Sunday to champion the isolated and poverty-struck indigenous communities of the Amazon, whose way of life is