#Pope #Francis urged Iraqis on Friday to treat their #Christian brothers as a precious resource to protect, not an “obstacle” to eliminate as he opened the first-ever papal visit to Iraq with a plea for tolerance and fraternity among Christians and Muslims. On Sunday, he will honor the dead in a #Mosul square surrounded by shells of destroyed churches and meet with the small Christian community that returned to Qaraqosh, where he will bless their church that was used as a firing range by #IS.
Pope Francis to honor IS’s victims in Mosul
