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June 22, 2015

Papal envoy, Maronite patriarch visit displaced Christians in Iraq

Iraqi Christian children scamper Jan. 21 inside a new camp for displaced religious minorities on the outskirts of Ainkawa, Iraq.

BEIRUT - Cardinal Angelo Scola of Milan, representing Pope Francis, and Cardinal Bechara Rai, the Maronite Catholic patriarch, traveled to Irbil, Iraq, to meet with Christians who had fled from Islamic State forces.

Published in International