In his weekly audience, the 84-year-old pope reflected on the packed three-day programme

Pope Francis: The Iraqi people have the right to live in peace

Pope thanks Iraqis for visit, saying they deserve peace

The 84-year-old pontiff's packed three-day visit passed off without a hitch despite concerns about security and the coronavirus pandemic

Biden, only the second Roman Catholic US president, has dramatically raised the Church's profile in the United States with his regular Sunday attendance at Mass and habit of quoting Biblical and other sacred verses

Biden salutes Pope's 'historic' visit to Iraq

The 84-year-old pontiff covered more than 1,400 kilometres inside the country, bringing encouragement to its diminished Christian community and extending a hand to Shiite Muslims by meeting top cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani

Iraq's President Barham Saleh (C-R) and his wife Sarbagh (C-L) escort Pope Francis (C) during the farewell ceremony for the pontiff at the Iraqi capital's Baghdad International Airport on March 8, 2021.

Pope Francis departs Iraq after historic visit

He will say Mass at a Baghdad church, meet Iraq’s top Shi’ite Muslim cleric in the southern city of Najaf and travel north to Mosul, where the army had to empty the streets for security reasons last year for a visit by Iraq’s prime minister

Pope Francis boards the plane for his visit to Iraq, at Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy, March 5, 2021.

Pope Francis arrives in Baghdad for risky, historic Iraq tour

The pope, making his first foreign trip since the coronavirus pandemic swept Europe a year ago, will arrive in Iraq on Friday before embarking on a packed schedule of events through to Sunday

Francis is fulfilling the dream of a predecessor, John Paul II, by visiting Iraq

Pope says he will visit Iraq as 'pilgrim of peace'

Pope Francis scheduled to visit Iraq on March 5

Pope Francis is scheduled to visit Iraq on March 5-8, his first-ever visit to the country

Virus lockdown won’t affect Pope Francis’ trip

It was his second intervention on Myanmar in two days

Pope Francis: The path to democracy undertaken in recent years was brusquely interrupted by last week's coup d'etat

Pope urges prompt release of detained Myanmar leaders

World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly would be held on the fourth Sunday of July each year

Pope Francis: Grandparents are the link between generations, to pass on to the young the experience of life and faith

Pope dedicates world day to 'forgotten' grandparents

The Nazis and their allies murdered around 6 million Jews, as well as others, in German-occupied Europe

Pope Francis delivers his weekly general audience from the library of the Apostolic Palace, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the Vatican, January 27, 2021.

Pope thanks Iraqis for visit, saying they deserve peace

Biden salutes Pope's 'historic' visit to Iraq

Pope Francis departs Iraq after historic visit

Pope Francis arrives in Baghdad for risky, historic Iraq tour

Pope says he will visit Iraq as 'pilgrim of peace'

Virus lockdown won’t affect Pope Francis’ trip

Pope urges prompt release of detained Myanmar leaders

Pope dedicates world day to 'forgotten' grandparents

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Pope warns against new nationalism

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Pope thanks Iraqis for visit, saying they deserve peace

Biden salutes Pope's 'historic' visit to Iraq

Pope Francis departs Iraq after historic visit

Pope Francis arrives in Baghdad for risky, historic Iraq tour

Pope says he will visit Iraq as 'pilgrim of peace'

Virus lockdown won’t affect Pope Francis’ trip

Pope urges prompt release of detained Myanmar leaders

Pope dedicates world day to 'forgotten' grandparents

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Pope warns against new nationalism