#Papal Visit

Pope in Iraq. Patton (Custos): “A courageous and prophetic journey.” The “perfect joy” of Iraqis

The Pope’s visit to Iraq seen from Jerusalem by the Custos of the Holy Land, Father Francesco Patton

Pope in Iraq. Card. Sako (Patriarch) to SIR: “The Pope’s tears touched the hearts of all Iraqi people. Now a ‘Magna Carta’ to rebuild the Iraq of civilizations”

Pope Francis’ apostolic journey to Iraq (from March 5) ended today with a farewell ceremony in Baghdad. SIR interviewed the…

Pope Francis in Iraq. Card. Sandri: “A balm of peace to heal the wounds of Iraq and of the entire Middle East”

Pope Francis will depart for Iraq on Friday 5 March (until 8 March), the first journey by a pontiff to…

Pope Francis in Iraq: Card. Sako (Patriarch), “The lockdown is not an obstacle to the visit. Beautiful messages from Muslim leaders, such as Muqtada al-Sadr. In Najaf the first steps of a journey”

With less than three weeks to go to Pope Francis’ visit to Iraq (5-8 March), the Iraqi government announced new…

ACN Dossier: Iraq awaiting Pope Francis

Pope Francis will visit Iraq next 5-8 March, the first by a Pontiff in the land of Abraham, with one…

UK: Card. Nichols (primate) remembering Pope Benedict XVI’s visit. “He changed the perception of the Catholic Church in the country”

UK: 10th anniversary since Benedict XVI’s visit, online release of 23 speeches delivered by Pope, Queen Elizabeth and other religious leaders

South Sudan. Father Gandolfi (Friars minor): “May the Pope come and bring hope”

The possibility of a joint visit by Pope Francis and the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby to South Sudan has…

The Pope in Japan: the Country with the highest suicide rates in the world and young “hikikomori.” The priest as a friend

“Protect all life” is the theme chosen for Pope Francis’ apostolic visit to Japan next November 23 to 26. It’s…

Pope Francis’ visit to Mauritius. Félicité (Caritas): “Pilgrim of peace in a multiracial and multi-confessional country”

“Ours is a multiracial, multi-confessional country. The presence of Pope Francis among us as a pilgrim of peace will further…

Iraq. Card. Sako: “The Pope in Iraq like a new Ezekiel”

SIR spoke with Card. Louis Raphael Sako, Chaldean Patriarch of Babylon in Baghdad, about Pope Francis’ visit to Iraq, “probably in…