Pope Francis visited Iraq from March 5-8, 2021. The document details his itinerary which included visits to Erbil, Mosul, Qaraqosh, and Baghdad. In Mosul, he prayed for victims of war at Church Square surrounded by damaged churches. In Qaraqosh, he visited the Immaculate Conception Church. In Erbil, he held mass for 10,000 people and spoke about cleansing hearts of falsehoods. He emphasized that through Christ's wounds we are healed and called Christians to build an open Church and society.

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Part 3
Pope Francis in Iraq

2. Sunday, 7 March 2021
BAGHDAD - ERBIL - MOSUL - QARAQOSH - ERBIL - BAGHDAD
Morning
7:15 - Departure by plane for Erbil
8:20 - Arrival at Erbil Airport
8:20 - Welcome by the President of the Autonomous Region of Iraqi Kurdistan
and the Religious and Civil Authorities at the Erbil Airport
8:30 - Meeting the President and the Prime Minister of the Autonomous Region
at the Presidential VIP Lounge of Erbil Airport
9:00 - Departure by helicopter for Mosul
9:35 - Arrival at the landing area in Mosul
10:00 - Prayer of Suffrage for the Victims of the War at Hosh al-Bieaa (Church square) in Mosul
10:55 - Departure by helicopter for Qaraqosh
11:10 - Arrival at the landing area in Qaraqosh
11:30 - Visit to the Qaraqosh Community at the Church of “Immaculate Conception” in Qaraqosh
12:15 - Transfer to Erbil
Afternoon
16:00 - Holy Mass at the “Franso Hariri” Stadium in Erbil
18:10 - Departure by plane for Baghdad
19:15 - Arrival at Baghdad International Airport
Monday, 8 March 2021 - BAGHDAD - ROME
Morning
9:20- Farewell ceremony at Baghdad International Airport
9:40 - Departure by plane for Rome
12:55 - Arrival at Rome/Ciampino International Airporto

3. Welcome by the President of the Autonomous Region of Iraqi Kurdistan,
Nechirvan Barzani, and the Religious and Civil Authorities at the Erbil Airport

4. Erbil or Hawler (Kurdish:Hewlêr) known in ancient history
as Arbela, is the capital and most populated city in
the Kurdistan Region. It has around 1.5 million inhabitants

8. Archbishop Najib Mikhael Moussa,
O.P., the Chaldean archbishop of
Mosul welcomed him to “the land of
the prophets.” The 65-year-old
Dominican, who was born in Mosul,
said: “Thank you for being here with
us. You are a pilgrim of peace and a
voice that awakens consciences.”
He continued: “Together we say no
to fundamentalism, no to bigotry,
and no to corruption.”

9. The archbishop was nominated by the European Parliament for the
2020 Sakharov Prize. He said that when the Islamic State arrived in
Mosul, he “ensured the evacuation of Christians, Syriacs and
Chaldeans to Iraqi Kurdistan and safeguarded more than 800 historic
manuscripts dating from the 13th to the 19th century.”

10. Prayer of Suffrage for the Victims of the War
at Hosh al-Bieaa (Church square) in Mosul

11. I thank Archbishop Najeeb Michaeel
for his kind words of welcome and I
am especially grateful to Father
Raid Kallo and Mr Gutayba Aagha
for their moving testimonies.

12. we reaffirm our conviction that fraternity is more durable than fratricide,
that hope is more powerful than hatred, that peace more powerful than war.
This conviction speaks with greater eloquence than the passing voices of
hatred and violence, and it can never be silenced by the blood spilled by
those who pervert the name of God to pursue paths of destruction.

13. Fr. Emmanuel (Raid) Adel Kallo, pastor of Mosul’s Church of the Annunciation, recalled
that before the Islamic State invasion he had led a parish of 500 Christian families.
Today there are fewer than 70 Christian families in Mosul, with many afraid to return.
“I returned to Mosul three years ago, after the liberation of the city,” he said.
“My Muslim brothers welcomed me with great respect and love. The visits of the imams of
the mosques of Mosul to bring good wishes to the Church have left a deep mark in my heart.”

14. “I was also visited by all the Muslims of the city, including writers, heads of tribes, educated
people as well as simple workers, who visited me to give their good wishes on the occasion of
the restoration of the Church of the Annunciation that ISIS had destroyed.” He said that the
artist who painted icons, carved statues, and made inscriptions with Gospel verses for the
restored church is a Muslim. “Another beautiful example is the invitation for the ceremony of
the birth of the Prophet Muhammad in the mosque of Rashan: this is the first time that a
priest to participate in such a ceremony in a mosque,” he said. “It should be noted that
in the same mosque ISIS read the document of the expulsion of Christians in 2014.”

15. a golden cross,
topped with a
dove, created
by Muslims
from Mosul.

16. If God is the God of life – for so he is – then it is wrong for us to kill our
brothers and sisters in his Name. If God is the God of peace – for so he is –
then it is wrong for us to wage war in his Name. If God is the God of love
– for so he is – then it is wrong for us to hate our brothers and sisters.

17. Most High God,
Lord of all ages,
you created the world
in love and never
cease to shower
your blessings upon
your creatures.
From beyond the sea of
suffering and death, from
beyond all temptations to
violence, injustice and
unjust gain, you
accompany your sons and
daughters with a Father’s
tender love.

18. In his prayer, the pope referred to the city’s Al-Nouri
Mosque, where on June 29, 2014, Abu Bakr al-
Baghdadi proclaimed a caliphate, known as
the Islamic State, spanning Iraq and Syria.

19. Lord our God, in this city, we see two signs of the perennial human
desire for closeness to you: the Al-Nouri Mosque, with its Al-Hadba
minaret, and the Church of Our Lady of the Hour, whose clock for
more than a century has reminded passersby that life is short and
that time is precious. Teach us to realize that you have entrusted to
us your plan of love, peace and reconciliation, and charged us
to carry it out in our time, in the brief span of our earthly lives

20. Visit to the Quaraqosh Community
at the Church of “Immaculate Conception”
in Quaraqosh
The pope recited the prayer in Mosul’s Hosh al-Bieaa (Church Square),
surrounded by four churches -- Syriac Catholic, Syriac Orthodox,
Armenian Orthodox, and Chaldean Catholic -- which were either
damaged or destroyed after the Islamic State seized the city.

21. I thank His Beatitude Patriarch Ignace Youssif Younan for his words of welcome,
and Mrs Doha Sabah Abdallah and Father Ammar Yako for their testimonies

22. Our gathering here today shows that terrorism and death never have the last word. The last
word belongs to God and to his Son, the conqueror of sin and death. Even amid the ravages
of terrorism and war, we can see, with the eyes of faith, the triumph of life over death.

23. Some of the gifts for the Holy
Father’s visit - A template of the
Via crucis made in a renewed
chruch and a hand sown chasuble
with the words of christian prayer
and symbols of peace.

25. the face of the Mother of God continues to look upon us with
love. For that is what mothers do: they console, they comfort
and they give life. I would like to say a heartfelt thank-you
to all the mothers and women of this country, women of
courage who continue to give life, in spite of wrongs and
hurts. May women be respected and protected! May
They be shown respect and provided with opportunities!

26. Holy Mass at the
“Franso Hariri”
Stadium in Erbil

28. Saint Paul has told us that “Christ is the power and wisdom of God” (1 Cor 1:22-25).
Jesus revealed that power and wisdom above all by offering forgiveness and showing
mercy. He chose to do so not by displays of strength or by speaking to us from on high,
in lengthy and learned discourses. He did so by giving his life on the cross. He revealed
his wisdom and power by showing us, to the very end, the faithfulness of the Father’s
love; the faithfulness of the God of the covenant, who brought his people forth
from slavery and led them on a journey of freedom (cf. Ex 20:1-2).

29. How easy it is to fall into the trap of thinking that we have to show others that we
are powerful or wise, into the trap of fashioning false images of God that can give
us security (cf. Ex 20:4-5). Yet the truth is that all of us need the power and wisdom
of God revealed by Jesus on the cross. On Calvary, he offered to the Father
the wounds by which alone we are healed (cf. 1 Pet 2:24).

30. the Father sent him to cleanse the temple: not only the Temple of stone, but above
all the temple of our heart. Jesus could not tolerate his Father’s house becoming a
marketplace (cf. Jn 2:16); neither does he want our hearts to be places of turmoil,
disorder and confusion. Our heart must be cleansed, put in order and purified. Of
what? Of the falsehoods that stain it, from hypocritical duplicity. All of us have these.
They are diseases that harm the heart, soil our lives and make them insincere.

31. We need to be cleansed of the
deceptive securities that would
barter our faith in God with
passing things, with temporary
advantages. We need the
baneful temptations of power
and money to be swept from our
hearts and from the Church. To
cleanse our hearts, we need to
dirty our hands, to feel
accountable and not to simply
look on as our brothers
and sisters are suffering.

32. Jesus Christ, he alone, can cleanse us of the works
of evil. Jesus, who died and rose! Jesus, the Lord!

33. Jesus not only cleanses us of our sins, but gives us a share in his own power and
wisdom. He liberates us from the narrow and divisive notions of family, faith and
community that divide, oppose and exclude, so that we can build a Church and a
society open to everyone and concerned for our brothers and sisters in greatest need

34. In the power of the Holy
Spirit, he sends us forth,
not as proselytizers, but as
missionary disciples, men
and women called to
testify to the life-changing
power of the Gospel.
The risen Lord makes
us instruments of
God’s mercy and
peace, patient and
courageous artisans
of a new social order

35. The Lord promises us that, by the power of the resurrection, he can
raise us, and our communities, from the ruins left by injustice, division
and hatred. That is the promise we celebrate in this Eucharist.

36. With the eyes of faith, we recognize the presence of the
crucified and risen Lord in our midst. And we learn to embrace
his liberating wisdom, to rest in his wounds, and to find
healing and strength to serve the coming of his kingdom in
our world. By his wounds, we have been healed (cf. 1 Pet 2:24).

37. The Church in Iraq, by God’s grace, is already doing much to proclaim this wonderful
wisdom of the cross by spreading Christ’s mercy and forgiveness, particularly
towards those in greatest need. Even amid great poverty and difficulty, many of you
have generously offered concrete help and solidarity to the poor and suffering.

38. Monday, 8 March 2021
BAGHDAD - ROME
Morning
9:20- Farewell ceremony at Baghdad
International Airport
9:40 - Departure by plane for Rome
12:55 - Arrival at Rome/Ciampino
International Airporto

40. Here you have not only priceless archeological
treasures, but also inestimable treasure for
the future: the young!

43. Pope Francis is described as a "Special Envoy" who
"wearing out his shoes, travels the streets of the
world in the name of Faith, Fraternity and Peace".

45. LIST OF PRESENTATIONS IN ENGLISH
Revised 17-1-2021
Advent and Christmas – time of hope and peace
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – In the Light of the Word
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – The Experiences and Challenges of Families
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 - Looking to Jesus, the Vocation of the Family
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - Love in Marriage
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Love made Fruitfuol
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Some Pastoral Perspectives
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Towards a better education of children
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Accompanying, discerning and integrating weaknwss
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – The Spirituality of Marriage and the Family
Beloved Amazon 1ª – A Social Dream
Beloved Amazon 2 - A Cultural Dream
Beloved Amazon 3 – An Ecological Dream
Beloved Amazon 4 - An Ecclesiastical Dream
Carnival
Christ is Alive
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – Church and Family today
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - God’s plan for the family
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – family as a Community
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – serving life and education
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – mission of the family in society
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - Family in the Church
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Football in Spain
Haurietis aquas – devotion to the Sacred Heart by Pius XII
Holidays and Holy Days
Holy Spirit
Holy Week – drawings for children
Holy Week – glmjpses of the last hours of JC
Inauguration of President Donald Trump
Juno explores Jupiter
Laudato si 1 – care for the common home
Laudato si 2 – Gospel of creation
Laudato si 3 – Human roots of the ecological crisis
Laudato si 4 – integral ecology
Laudato si 5 – lines of approach and action
Laudato si 6 – Education y Ecological Spirituality
Love and Marriage 1-
Love and Marriage 2 – growing up to sexual maturity
Love and Marriage 3 – psychological differences and complimentarity
Love and Marriage 4- causes of sexual attraction
Love and Marriage 5- freedom and intimacy
Love and Marriage 6 - human love
Love and Marriage 7 - destiny of human love
Love and Marriage 8- marriage between Christian believers
Love and Marriage 9 – sacrament of marriage
Lumen Fidei – ch 1,2,3,4
Medjugore Pilgrimage
Misericordiae Vultus in English
Mother Teresa of Calcuta – Saint
Pope Franciss in Thailand
Pope Francis in Japan
Pope Francis in Sweden
Pope Francis in America
Pope Francis in the WYD in Poland 2016
Querida Amazonia
Resurrection of Jesus Christ –according to the Gospels
Russian Revolution and Communismo 3 civil war 1918.1921
Russian Revolution and Communism 1
Russian Revolution and Communismo 2
Saint Joseph
Saint Patrick and Ireland
Signs of hope
Sunday – day of the Lord
Thanksgiving – History and Customs
The Body, the cult – (Eucharist)
Valentine
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Way of the Cross – drawings for children
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46. LISTA DE PRESENTACIONES EN ESPAÑOL
Revisado 17-1-2021
Abuelos
Adviento y Navidad, tiempo de esperanza
Amor y Matrimonio 1 - 9
Amoris Laetitia – ch 1 – A la luz de la Palabre
Amoris Laetitia – ch 2 – Realidad y Desafíos de las Familias
Amoris Laetitia – ch 3 La mirada puesta en Jesús: Vocación de la Familia
Amoris Laetitia – ch 4 - El Amor en el Matrimonio
Amoris Laetitia – ch 5 – Amor que se vuelve fecundo
Amoris Laetitia – ch 6 – Algunas Perspectivas Pastorales
Amoris Laetitia – ch 7 – Fortalecer la educacion de los hijos
Amoris Laetitia – ch 8 – Acompañar, discernir e integrar la fragilidad
Amoris Laetitia – ch 9 – Espiritualidad Matrimonial y Familiar
Carnaval
Cristo Vive
Domingo – día del Señor
El camino de la cruz de JC en dibujos para niños
El Cuerpo, el culto – (eucarisía)
Espíritu Santo
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 1 – iglesia y familia hoy
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 2 - el plan de Dios para la familia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 1 – familia como comunidad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 2 – servicio a la vida y educación
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 3 – misión de la familia en la sociedad
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 3 – 4 - participación de la familia en la iglesia
Familiaris Consortio (FC) 4 Pastoral familiar
Fátima – Historia de las Apariciones de la Virgen
Feria de Sevilla
Haurietis aquas – el culto al Sagrado Corazón
Hermandades y cofradías
Hispanidad
Laudato si 1 – cuidado del hogar común
Laudato si 2 – evangelio de creación
Laudato si 3 – La raíz de la crisis ecológica
Laudato si 4 – ecología integral
Laudato si 5 – líneas de acción
Laudato si 6 – Educación y Espiritualidad Ecológica
Lumen Fidei – cap 1,2,3,4
Madre Teresa de Calcuta – Santa
María y la Biblia
Medjugore peregrinación
Misericordiae Vultus en Español
Papa Francisco en Bulgaria
Papa Francisco en Rumania
Papa Francisco en Marruecos
Papa Francisco en México
Papa Francisco – mensaje para la Jornada Mundial Juventud 2016
Papa Francisco – visita a Chile
Papa Francisco – visita a Perú
Papa Francisco en Colombia 1 + 2
Papa Francisco en Cuba
Papa Francisco en Fátima
Papa Francisco en la JMJ 2016 – Polonia
Queridas Amazoznia 1 un sueños social
Queridas Amazoznia 2 un suepo cultural
Queridas Amazoznia 3 un seuños ecologico
Queridas Amazoznia 4 un sueño eclesial
Resurrección de Jesucristo – según los Evangelios
Revolución Rusa y Comunismo 1, 2, 3
San Francisco de Asis 1,2,3,4
San José
San Juan de la Cruz
San Padre Pio de Pietralcina
Santiago Apóstol
Semana santa – Vistas de las últimas horas de JC
Vacaciones Cristianas
Valentín
Virgen de Guadalupe
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Vocación a evangelizar
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