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Pope Francis speaks near the ruins of Al Tahera Church in Mosul’s Old City on March 7. AFP
Pope Francis speaks near the ruins of Al Tahera Church in Mosul’s Old City on March 7. AFP
Pope Francis’s trip to former ISIS stronghold of Mosul shows group's decline
Analysts are surprised that ISIS was unable to conduct a single attack during the papal visit to Iraq