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Archbishop Warda: World Will See ‘Joyful People’ of Iraq When Pope Francis Visits This Week

Chaldean Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil, Iraq speaks at Georgetown University on February 15, 2018.

Jonah McKeown
Chaldean Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil, Iraq speaks at Georgetown University on February 15, 2018.

In just over three days, Pope Francis is scheduled to travel 900 miles within Iraq, meeting with political leaders, prominent Muslim clerics, Christians, and become the first pope in history to visit the Middle Eastern country.