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Pope Francis and Top Iraq Shiite Cleric Hold Historic Meeting
1 month ago | By Time
PLAINS OF UR, Iraq - Pope Francis and Iraq's top Shiite cleric delivered a powerful message of peaceful coexistence Saturday, urging Muslims in the war-weary Arab nation to embrace Iraq's long-beleaguered Christian minority during a historic meeting in the holy city of Najaf.
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani said religious authorities have a role in protecting Iraq's Christians, and that Christians should live in peace and enjoy the same rights as other Iraqis. The Vatican said Francis thanked al-Sistani for having “raised his voice in defense of the weakest and most persecuted” during some...
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Pope, top Iraq Shiite cleric hold historic, symbolic meeting
1 month ago | By Politico
PLAINS OF UR, Iraq - Pope Francis and Iraq's top Shiite cleric delivered a powerful message of peaceful coexistence Saturday, urging Muslims in the war-weary Arab nation to embrace Iraq's long-beleaguered Christian minority during an historic meeting in the holy city of Najaf.
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani said religious authorities have a role in protecting Iraq's Christians, and that Christians should live in peace and enjoy the same rights as other Iraqis. The Vatican said Francis thanked al-Sistani for having “raised his voice in defense of the weakest and most persecuted” during some...
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Pope Francis holds historic meeting with Shiite cleric in Iraq, visits Abraham's birthplace
1 month ago | By NBC News
"He has come to help us get to a better day," Iraqi President Barham Salih told NBC News.
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