RAMALLAH, Friday, March 5, 2021 (WAFA) – Pope Francis today sent his heartfelt greetings to President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian people.

While his plane passed over the Palestinian airspace on its way to Iraq, His Holiness Pope Francis sent his heartfelt greetings to President Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian people, wishing that God bless the Palestinian people with peace and prosperity.

The Roman Catholic pontiff departed from Rome on Friday morning for a three-day visit to Iraq, undeterred by suggestions that his trip might fuel a surge in coronavirus cases and undaunted by the precarious security situation.

It’s the first trip Francis has embarked on since the pandemic swept the world and the first time a head of the Roman Catholic Church is believed to have visited the country.

K.F.