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Why Is the Pope Going to Iraq Just as COVID and Rocket Attacks Are Surging?
WING AND A PRAYER
Iraq has seen a wave of violence and a surge in COVID-19 cases. So why is the pontiff engaging in superspreader spirituality?
Barbie Latza Nadeau
Published
Feb. 24 2021
4:54AM EST
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