BAGHDAD — Pope Francis has wrapped up a historic whirlwind tour of Iraq that sought to bring hope to the country’s marginalized Christian minority with a message of coexistence, forgiveness and peace.

Pope Francis will make the first visit by a pope to Iraq next March, the Vatican said on Monday, a risky four-day trip that has eluded his predecessors.

BAGHDAD — Pope Francis is urging Iraqis to value their religious minorities and consider them a “precious resource” to protect, not an obstacle to eliminate as he opened the first-ever papal visit to ...

In Qaraqosh, Iraq's largest Christian town, entire neighborhoods were emptied. ISIS looted homes and burned churches, turning ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Pope Francis has urged Iraqis to treat their Christian brothers as a precious resource to protect, not an “obstacle” to eliminate as he opens the first-ever papal visit to Iraq. The ...

Follow the Pope's funeral here The funeral of Pope Francis, who died on Monday aged 88, has begun in St Peter’s Square in the Vatican, where hundreds of thousands of the Catholic faithful have ...

JAKARTA: Church and government leaders on October 3 launched Faith, Fraternity, and Compassion, a commemorative book marking ...