If it does, Pope Francis' trip to Iraq, scheduled for March 5-8, 2021, will come a long way.
It is, for the moment, confirmed, but suspended to the evolution of sanitary conditions.
But if the head of the Catholic Church sets foot in Iraq, it will be a first.
A pope has never visited this country, however, the source of the biblical story, since Abraham would have come from it and he would be the place of… creation.
A plan for a pontifical trip to Iraq was organized for John Paul II in December 1999, finally canceled by Saddam Hussein.
On January 25, 2020, Barham Salih, President of the Iraqi Republic, visited the Vatican to invite Francis.
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Every year since 2013, the beginning of his pontificate, Francis has expressed his strong concern for the Christians of this country, which he follows very closely.
Today, the Christian population is estimated at 400,000 people for 39 million inhabitants.
They were 1.5 million in 2003, before the fall of Saddam Hussein.
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