Pope Francis is received by Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al Kadhimi upon disembarking from his plane at Baghdad International Airport to start his historic tour in Baghdad, Iraq, on March 5, 2021
"I'm happy to resume travel, and this symbolic trip is also a duty to a land that has been martyred for years," Francis told journalists aboard his plane. Security will be tight in Iraq, which has endured years of war and insurgency, is still hunting for Daesh sleeper cells, and days ago saw a barrage of rockets plough into a military base.Members of the Iraqi special forces stand guard outside the Syriac Catholic Church of Our Lady of Deliverance in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, on March 4, 2021.
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