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Pope Francis releases a white dove during a prayer for war victims at 'Hosh al-Bieaa', Church Square, in Mosul's Old City, Iraq, March 7, 2021. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily Reuters / Sunday, March 07, 2021 Pope Francis releases a white dove during a prayer for war victims at 'Hosh al-Bieaa', Church Square,…

Pope Francis meets with Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, in Najaf, Iraq March 2021. (Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani office / Handout via REUTERS) Pope Francis met with a leading Iraqi Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, on Saturday as part of the first-ever visit by a head…

UR, Iraq—Pope Francis met with Iraq’s most influential Shiite Muslim leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, in a historic encounter aimed at building bridges between Christians and Muslims. The two leaders invoked religion for the cause of peace and protection of the vulnerable, including Iraq’s beleaguered Christian minority. Saturday’s summit at…

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…

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Pope Francis and Iraq's top Shia 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. Pope Francis, right, meets with Shia Muslim leader Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani…

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A handout picture provided by Vatican News shows Pope Francis meeting top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, in the Irqi shine city of Najaf, on March 6, 2021. Photo: AFP/HO/Vatican NewsMeeting between two elderly men lasted 50 minutes, with Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani's office putting out a statement shortly…

/ Middle East Issued on: 06/03/2021 - 10:39 Pope Francis speaks at the House of Abraham in the ancient city of Ur in southern Iraq's Dhi Qar province, on March 6, 2021. AFP - AHMAD AL-RUBAYE Pope Francis condemned violent religious extremism Saturday during an interfaith prayer service at the…