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Who is the longest serving pope in the history of the Catholic Church?

St. Peter, Pius IX, John Paul II, or Leo XIII?

St. Peter the Apostle, who's regarded by Catholics as the first pope, served at least 34 years.

Pope Francis, the current pontiff, is considered the 266th leader of the Catholic Church. But on Friday, he became the first pope ever to visit the Middle Eastern nation of Iraq. Several locations in this ancient part of the world are mentioned in the bible's Old Testament¹.

Today, Iraq is officially a Muslim country with significance to the world's Jews Christians³ and Muslims, the three Abrahamic religions.

As part of his trip, Pope Francis visited what's believed to be the birthplace of Abraham,in addition to a number of Christian² sites, and he met with Christian leaders Muslim leaders and political leaders. For decades, Iraq has struggled with war instability and terrorism.

Standing⁴ in the rubble⁵ of Mosul, a city destroyed during the defeat of the ISIS terrorist group, Pope Francis said on Saturday that hope is more powerful than hatred⁶ and peace is more powerful than war. The pontiff is scheduled to return home to the Vatican on Monday.

谁是天主教会历史上任期最长的教皇？

圣彼得、庇护九世、约翰·保罗二世还是利奥十三世？

被天主教徒视为第一任教皇的使徒圣彼得，至少任职了34年。

现任教皇弗朗西斯被认为是天主教会第266位领袖。但上周五，他成为有史以来首位访问中东国家伊拉克的教皇。《圣经旧约》中提到了世界这个古老地区的几个地方。

如今，伊拉克正式成为穆斯林国家，其对全球犹太教、基督教和穆斯林这三大亚伯拉罕宗教都具有重要意义。

作为此行的一部分，教皇弗朗西斯参观了被认为是亚伯拉罕出生地的地方以及多个基督教遗址，他还会见了基督教领袖、穆斯林领袖和政治领袖。数十年来，伊拉克一直在与战争的动荡和恐怖主义作斗争。

周六，教皇弗朗西斯站在摩苏尔的废墟中，这座城市在击败ISIS恐怖组织的过程中被摧毁，他表示，希望比仇恨更强大，和平比战争更强大。教皇定于周一返回梵蒂冈。

1 testament   

n.遗嘱；证明

参考例句：

• This is his last will and testament.这是他的遗愿和遗嘱。
• It is a testament to the power of political mythology.这说明，编造政治神话可以产生多大的威力。

2 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

3 Christians   

n.基督教徒( Christian的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
• His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。

4 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

5 rubble   

n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾

参考例句：

• After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

6 hatred   

n.憎恶，憎恨，仇恨

参考例句：

• He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
• The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。