Pope Leo XIV is vowing to actively promote and protect the spirituality and traditions of the eastern rite churches, those ...

Pope Francis was the first pope to visit Iraq. For the Rev. Father Fadie Gorgies of the St. Joseph Chaldean Catholic Church ...

During his groundbreaking papacy, Pope Francis inspired the masses as he challenged the traditions and standards of the ...

During his papacy, Pope Francis became the first pope to visit Iraq, Mongolia, Myanmar and the United Arab Emirates. During his papacy, Pope Francis created 163 cardinals from a total of 75 countries.

BAGHDAD — The death of Pope Francis has sent shockwaves through Iraq’s Christian community, where his presence once brought hope after one of the darkest chapters in the country’s recent ...

Pope Francis, surrounded by shells of destroyed ... pray for the victims of war at Hosh al-Bieaa Church Square, in Mosul, Iraq, once the de-facto capital of IS, Sunday, March 7, 2021.( ...

(Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images) ERBIL, IRAQ - MARCH 07: (EDITORS NOTE: Transmitted with alternate crop) Pope Francis waves to the crowd as he arrives to conduct mass at the Franso Hariri ...

The death of Pope Francis has stirred a wave of sorrow across Iraq, where he is remembered not only as the head of the Catholic Church, but also as the first pontiff who dared to set foot in the ...

Pope Francis visited Iraq in 2021, a visit that was praised by Michigan's large Iraqi American population, both Christian and ...