In an excerpt from his forthcoming autobiography, Francis said two suicide bombers had been planning to attack one of his ...

One of Francis’ lasting reforms will be his reshaping of the papacy to embrace simplicity and humility. In his new ...

Francis' visit to Mosul was a key moment during his Iraq trip as Iraq's second-largest city had been under the control of Islamic State from 2014 to 2017. The pope visited the ruins of four ...

Pope Francis revealed that he escaped two assassination attempts during his visit to Iraq in March 2021, including one involving a young woman who was believed to be attempting a suicide bombing.

Two attempted attacks on Pope Francis, including one by a suicide bomber, were foiled during his landmark trip to Iraq in 2021, the pontiff has revealed in an autobiography. The pope wrote that he ...

In the Italian excerpts, Francis recalled his historic March 2021 trip to Iraq, the first ever by a pope. COVID-19 was still raging and security concerns were high, especially in Mosul.

Pope Francis became the first Catholic pontiff to ... Standing in the wreckage of a Mosul church, Francis urged Iraq’s Christians to forgive the injustices against them by extremists and to ...

2024 Pope Francis has revealed that he narrowly escaped two attempts on his life during his visit to Iraq in March 2021 in the city of Mosul. In a new book titled “Spera” (translated as ...

In Pope Francis' autobiography Hope he reiterates themes of his papacy like hatred of war and unchecked capitalism, and a ...

ROME — Pope Francis turned 88 on Tuesday and marked the ... suicide bombers had planned to attack him during his 2021 visit to Iraq, but were killed before striking. Italian daily Corriere ...