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Pope Francis visits Iraq.
This is the first time in Catholic history to visit Iraq as a pope, and Pope Francis urged violence and extremism to stop.
This is reporter Ahn Sang-woo.
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Pope Francis' plane appears at Baghdad International Airport, Iraq.
When the Pope appears, the Iraqi Prime Minister welcomes him.
Yesterday (5th) around 2pm, Pope Francis visited Iraq for the first time in Catholic history.
The Pope, who met Iraqi President Bahram Saleh and started the official schedule, called for an end to violence and extremism.
[Pope Francis: Only by learning how to overcome differences and see the other person as a member of the same human race will we be able to leave a more just and human world in the future.]
Since then, the Pope in Baghdad, where 58 people were killed in the terrorist attacks in 2010, killed 58 people. They visited the Cathedral of Our Lady of Salvation and delivered their memorial service.
[Pope Francis: Their deaths clearly show that incitement to war, hatred, violence, and bleeding are incompatible with religious teachings.]
Pope Francis has publicly announced his intention to visit Iraq after his 2013 throne. Has been expressed.
Some have voiced that the schedule should be postponed due to security insecurity in Iraq, the spread of Corona 19, and fears of terrorism by Islamic extremist groups, but it is said that the Pope has not bent willing to visit, saying that it is worth taking risks on his own.
The Pope will stay in Iraq for 3 nights and 4 days until the 8th and meet with Islamic Shi'ite leader Ali Alsistani.