Pope Francis is greeted by the President of the autonomous Kurdistan Region Nechirvan Barzani upon his arrival at Arbil airport on March 7, 2021, in the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region. - Pope Francis, on his historic Iraq tour, visits today Christian communities that endured the brutality of the Islamic State group until the jihadists' "caliphate" was defeated three years ago. (Photo by Safin HAMED / AFP)