03/05/2021 8:07 AM
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Updated 03/05/2021 8:13 AM
Pope Francis
arrived this Friday morning in Baghdad
, Iraq, on a delicate journey: the most dangerous of his entire pontificate.
The Alitalia plane landed in the Iraqi capital at 2 p.m. local time (8 a.m. in Argentina, after departing at 7:30 a.m. from Rome / Fiumicino International Airport.
Francisco got off the plane wearing a mask.
At the foot of the ship he had his Official Reception, in which a band played the Ode to Joy.
He then planned to meet with the Iraqi Prime Minister in the VIP lounge of the airport.
At 3:00 p.m. an Official Welcome Ceremony is scheduled at the Presidential Palace in Baghdad and at 3:15 p.m. the Pope will make a Courtesy Visit to the President of the Republic in the private study of the Presidential Palace.
At 3:45 p.m. the first speech of the Pope will take place and it will be to the Authorities, Civil Society and the Diplomatic Corps in the Hall of the Presidential Palace in Baghdad.
The second speech will be at 4:40 p.m. during his meeting with the bishops, priests, religious, seminarians and catechists in the Syro-Catholic cathedral of "Our Lady of Salvation."
The Pope flew in a plane from Altialia to Baghdad.
Photo: AFP
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