Pope Francis (right) tours ruins of the Syriac Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception (al-Tahira-l-Kubra), in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, March 7, 2021. (Photo: AFP/Vincenzo Pinto)
Pope Francis holds a figurine of baby Jesus during the Christmas Eve mass at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, Dec. 24, 2023. (Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP)
Pope Francis (right) tours ruins of the Syriac Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception (al-Tahira-l-Kubra), in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, March 7, 2021. (Photo: AFP/Vincenzo Pinto)
Romeo Hakari, the secretary general of Bet-Nahrain Democratic Party, an Assyrian political group, speaking to Kurdistan 24 during an interview, July 15, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)
Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani posing for a photo with Pope Francis in the Vatican City, April 13, 2023. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)
Christian worshippers attend mass at the Mar Tuma Syriac Catholic Church in Iraq's northern city of Mosul on April 30, 2022, for the first time since its restoration after it was ransacked by Islamic State group jihadists (Photo: Zaid AL-OB
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani (right) receives Mitja Leskovar, the Vatican Ambassador to Iraq, in Erbil, April 28, 2021. (Photo: KRG)
Pope Francis (right) tours ruins of the Syriac Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception (al-Tahira-l-Kubra), in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, March 7, 2021. (Photo: AFP/Vincenzo Pinto)
Photos shared on Iraqi social media show plants used to beautify Mosul for Pope Francis' visit (left) and the aftermath (right) following his departure. (Photos: Social Media/@bint_mousl)
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
