#Pope #Francis landed in war-battered #Iraq Friday on a first-ever papal visit, defying security fears and the pandemic to comfort one of the world’s oldest and most persecuted Christian communities. The 84-year-old, who said he was travelling to Iraq as a “#pilgrim of #peace”, will also reach out to Shiite Muslims when he meets Iraq’s top cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani. FRANCE 24’s Sofia Barbarini tells us more.
Pope Francis ‘happy’ to land in Iraq on historic 4-day visit
