Pope Francis visit to Iraq

Pope visit to Iraq

His Holiness meeting with Cardinal Sacco Source: Vatican News.jpg

For the first time in history, the Pope of the Catholic Church is visiting Iraq. Pope Francis is due to visit the Kurdistan region and conduct a mass on Sunday7/03/2021 at Franso Hariri Stadium.


Our reporter Naseem Sadiq file this interview from Duhok-Erbil with The director of Christian Affairs in the Ministry of religious Affairs in KRG, Mr Khalid Talia.

Mr Talia spoke about the preparations to receive His Holiness Pope Francis to the region and said security measurement have been taken for safety and to avoid the spread of COVID-19.

Mr Talia said that because the pandemic, attendance to the mass have been requested to register, People must present their passport to register their names to attend the mass, this has been going on for the past few weeks.

More details you can find in the report

 


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