'Our heart must be cleansed' to be missionary disciples, Pope preaches at final Mass in Iraq (AsiaNews)

After arriving in Iraq on March 5, Pope Francis met with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and took part in an interreligious gathering in Ur on March 6. The following day, he prayed for victims of war in Mosul (which ISIS occupied from 2014-17) and addressed the faithful in Qaraqosh, which ISIS also had ravaged.