Pope Francis visits Iraq. This is the first papal visit to the country. In Baghdad, he meets with President Barham Salih. He then flies to Najaf (where he meets with Shiite Ayatollah Al-Sistani), Mosul, Erbil (where he meets with the President of the Iraqi Kurdistan, Nechirvan Barzani), Nasiriyah, and Ur of the Chaldeans (the city of Abraham, the father of the three monotheistic faiths) for a prayer with representatives of other religions.
