A nun makes the sign of the cross while praying as she awaits the arrival of Pope Francis at the Franso Hariri Stadium in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, March 7, 2021. (Photo: Safin Hamed / AFP)
Pope Francis (R), looks on at a square near the ruins of the Syriac Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception (al-Tahira-l-Kubra), in the old city of Iraq's northern Mosul, March 7, 2021. (Photo: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP
Pope Francis is received at the House of Abraham in the ancient city of Ur in southern Iraq's Dhi Qar province, March 6, 2021. (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye / AFP)
Pope Francis speaks with Iraqi religious figures during an interfaith service in the ancient city of Ur in southern Iraq's Dhi Qar province, March 6, 2021. (Photo: Vatican Media)