A ceremony was held to mark a visit by a delegation from the Vatican at the Ziggurat of Ur, during a pilgrimage to the birthplace of biblical patriarch Abraham, in Ur, southern Nassiriya province, about 300 kilometres southeast of Baghdad. A Vatican delegation made a pilgrimage to the ancient Sumerian city of Ur over the weekend, revered as the birthplace of biblical patriarch Abraham.

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