Catholic church damaged and burned by Islamic State militants in Karamles, a Christian town in northern Iraq, on September 8, 2017.
Chaldean Catholic Father Thadet inside a church damaged and burned by Islamic State militants in Karamles, a Christian town in northern Iraq, on...
Chaldean Catholic Father Thadet inside his family home - damaged and burned by Islamic State militants - in Karamles, a Christian town in northern...
Painting of the Last Supper on the wall of a badly damaged home which is now unlivable in the Catholic town of Karemles, Iraq, on September 8, 2017.
Sabitha Franca, 67 years old, cries as she recalls the horrors of Islamic State occupation and their current situation, without savings or income and...
Girls play in the corridor outside their homes on the empty fourth floor of a shopping mall on March 06, 2021 in Erbil, Iraq. In 2014 when ISIS...
Chaldean Catholic women pray in the chapel in the Karemles Complex in Erbil, northern Iraq, on September 8, 2017. They have been living here for...
Father Thadet, the Chaldean Catholic priest of Karemles, talks with local residents in the Karemles Complex in Erbil, northern Iraq, on September 8,...
The Karemles Complex in Erbil, northern Iraq, on September 8, 2017. The apartments have been home for many Catholic residents for three years since...
House damaged by Islamic State militants in Karamles, a Christian town in northern Iraq, on September 8, 2017.
Chaldean Catholic couple in the Karemles Complex in Erbil, northern Iraq, on September 8, 2017. They have been living here for three years since...
Chaldean Catholic women after prayer in the chapel in the Karemles Complex in Erbil, northern Iraq, on September 8, 2017. They have been living here...
House damaged by Islamic State militants in Karamles, a Christian town in northern Iraq, on September 8, 2017.
Tattered Iraqi flag flies above a cross in the Christian town of Qaraqosh in northern Iraq, on September 8, 2017.
Man repairs a wall outside his home damaged by Islamic State militants in Karamles, a Christian town in northern Iraq, on September 8, 2017.
Catholic men work together to repair a family home damaged by Islamic State militants in Karamles, a Christian town in northern Iraq, on September 8,...
Man rings the bell in a Catholic church in Karamles, a Christian town in northern Iraq, on September 8, 2017.
Chipped and damaged relief on the wall of a church burned by Islamic State militants in Karamles, a Christian town in northern Iraq, on September 8,...
Chaldean Catholic Father Thadet outside a residence damaged and burned by Islamic State militants in Karamles, a Christian town in northern Iraq, on...
Buildings destroyed by airstrikes targeting Islamic State militants in the Christian town of Karemles, Iraq on September 8, 2017.
Chaldean Catholic mother and her child in Karamles, a Christian town in northern Iraq, on September 8, 2017.
Chaldean Catholic Father Thadet talks with locals outside a reopened store in Karamles, a Christian town in northern Iraq, on September 8, 2017.
Banner of Jesus Christ welcomes home Catholic residents in the town of Karemles, Iraq on September 8, 2017.
Sabitha Franca, 67 years old, shuts the door of her badly damaged home in the Catholic town of Karemles, Iraq, on September 8, 2017. She and her...
Sabitha Franca, 67 years old, visits her badly damaged home which is unlivable in the Catholic town of Karemles, Iraq, on September 8, 2017. Islamic...
Maher Labeab, 24 years old, works in his family shop. They have recently returned to their Catholic town of Karemles, Iraq, on September 8, 2017.
Sabitha Franca, 67 years old, and her husband Aziz Suleiman Shabi, 85 years old, outside a house in the Christian town of Karemles, Iraq, on...
Family play with their pet pigeon outside their home in the Catholic town of Karemles, Iraq, on September 8, 2017. The family recently returned after...
Miron, 20 years old, and his friend Sam, 17 years old, work on Miron's family farm in the recently resettled Catholic town of Karemles, Iraq, on...
Girl stands under a wooden cross in the recently resettled Catholic town of Karemles, Iraq, on September 8, 2017.
An Iraqi Christian walks in his house as a graffiti left on his walls by Islamic State group fighters reads in Arabic: "The Islamic State is ever...
An Assyrian Christian man who fled Islamic State in August, 2014 from Qaraqosh, Iraq's largest Christian city, returns to his family home on February...
An Assyrian Christian artist who fled Islamic State in 2014 from Qaraqosh, Iraq's largest Christian city, returns to his family home to begin sorting...
An Assyrian Christian artist who fled Islamic State in 2014 from Qaraqosh, Iraq's largest Christian city, returns to his family home to begin sorting...
Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq and Jordan, Spanish born Archbishop Alberto Ortega Martin arrives to visit the Ashti camp housing displaced Iraqis who fled...
Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq and Jordan, Spanish born Archbishop Alberto Ortega Martin arrives to visit the Ashti camp housing displaced Iraqis who fled...
Inside a village, all Christians leave their homes before the ISIS arrive. There are around 65 Christians pledged to fight alongside Peshmerga...
Displaced Iraqi Christian children, who were forced to flee their homes as the Islamic State advanced earlier this year, arrive for an afternoon of...
Displaced Iraqi Christian children, who were forced to flee their homes as the Islamic State advanced earlier this year, gather for a photograph as...
Displaced Iraqi Christian children, who were forced to flee their homes as the Islamic State advanced earlier this year, gather for a photograph as...
Displaced Iraqi Christian children, who were forced to flee their homes as the Islamic State advanced earlier this year, arrive for an afternoon of...
Displaced Iraqi Christian children, who were forced to flee their homes as the Islamic State advanced earlier this year, arrive for an afternoon of...
Displaced Iraqi Christian children, who were forced to flee their homes as the Islamic State advanced earlier this year, arrive for an afternoon of...
Hope the pope brings peace for all people in Iraq not just for Iraq but people all over the world" said 85 year-old Sofia Elias Jiji who fled her...
The pope will bring peace for Iraq, the visit is useful in two ways, motivationally and hopefully financially, it can help all people" said Eisa Qais...
Am happy because its his first time, its historic" said Harlin Samir Shamon, who fled her home in Bartella in 2014, while posing for a portrait in...
We hope he brings peace with him. He is a man of peace, but I don’t think it will be helpful for Iraq because of the government" said 55 year-old...
The pope is a peace person, I don’t know he can bring peace to Iraq but maybe his visit can help us get assistance and accommodation and reopen our...
The popes visit makes me happy because people around the world will know that there are Christians in Iraq, he will see some destroyed church, then...
Ryadh Noail Jjlias who fled his home in Qaraqosh in 2014, poses for a portrait in his temporary home on the empty fifth floor of a shopping mall on...
Year-old Samia Mansour Elias who fled her home in Qaraqosh in 2014, poses for a portrait in her temporary home on the empty fifth floor of a shopping...
Hope the popes visit will help to bring us a secure life and reunite familie members" said 22 year-old Maryam Qais Hadi, who fled her home in...
Playing live coverage of Pope Francis visit is seen in the temporary house on the fourth floor of a shopping mall of Rawaa Matti Polic who fled her...
Friends and family members who fled their homes in Bartella in 2014, gather at Rawaa Matti Polic temporary home on the fourth floor of an empty...
Friends and family members who fled their homes in Bartella in 2014, gather at Rawaa Matti Polic temporary home on the fourth floor of an empty...
Friends and family members who fled their homes in Bartella in 2014, gather at Rawaa Matti Polic temporary home on the fourth floor of an empty...
Allah Hanah Shaba, who fled his home in Bartella in 2014, feeds his birds in his temporary home on the empty fourth floor of a shopping mall on March...
Cross is seen at the entrance to a Christian families temporary home on the empty fourth floor of a shopping mall on March 06, 2021 in Erbil, Iraq....
Ryadh Noail Jjlias who fled his home in Qaraqosh in 2014, talks on the phone in his temporary home on the empty fifth floor of a shopping mall on...
