On Friday, Pope Francis became the first pope to ever visit the country of Iraq. The pope took the opportunity to uplift members of the Christian community, and also called on people of different faiths to come together. He and his traveling group were all vaccinated from COVID-19 and the trip marks the first time the pope has traveled since the pandemic began last year.
As reported by the Associated Press, the pope’s main goal of the trip was “to encourage Iraq’s dwindling Christian population, which was violently persecuted by the Islamic State group and still faces discrimination by the Muslim majority, to stay and help rebuild the country devastated by wars and strife.”
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