Pope Francis embraces Cardinal Louis Sako, the Baghdad-based patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, at the Vatican June 28, 2018. Pope Francis plans to visit Iraq March 5-8, 2021. (CNS photo/Tony Gentile)
In Iraq, pope hopes to encourage Christians, build bridges to Muslims
"I am the pastor of people who are suffering," Pope Francis told CNS ahead of the first-ever papal visit to Iraq March 5-8.
