Despite pope euphoria, Iraq Christians left without illusions ...Kuwait

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Since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime in the 2003 US-led invasion, the Christian community has shrunk from six to just one percent of the predominantly Muslim country's population.Iraqi Christians say they will "never forget the joy" of Pope Francis' historic visit to the country but they don't expect it to stem the minority's exodus from the country. Wajdane Nouri, a Christian in her fifties, will soon join her daughters in the United States. At the St. Joseph Cathedral, where she has long led the choir, huge posters and a red carpet still bear witness to the first ever papal visit to Iraq. Earlier this month, Francis led a mass in Baghdad, ravaged for 40 years by wars and economi

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