Pope prays for war victims during historic visit to former Isis stronghold of Mosul – Independent March 8, 2021 by Fulcrum Pope Francis met the father of Alan Kurdi, the drowned boy whose body washed up on the shore became an emblem of the suffering of refugees, as his extraordinary three-day tour of war-wracked Iraq came to a close. Bel Trew. Independent. 8 March 2021 FulcrumShareTweetShare