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Mar 6, 2021 · By Vatican News staff reporter. At the start of his second day in Iraq, Pope Francis on Saturday morning flew to Najaf for a private meeting with the Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Al-Husayni Al-Sistani at his residence. Before meeting with the Grand Ayatollah, the Pope was met by his son Mohammed Rida.
Mar 6, 2021 · On the second day of a landmark trip to Iraq, Pope Francis traveled to the the city of Najaf to meet Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, before visiting what is believed to be the birthplace...
Mar 6, 2021 · Office of the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. By Jason Horowitz and Jane Arraf. March 6, 2021. UR, Iraq — First Pope Francis showed up at the modest residence of Iraq’s most...
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Mar 6, 2021 · The two elders — Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, 90, and Pope Francis, 84, each the highest religious authority among their followers — sat across from each other on simple wooden seats in...
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Mar 5, 2021 · Pope Francis met Saturday with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, one of the most senior clerics in Shiite Islam, in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf to deliver a joint message of peaceful...
Mar 6, 2021 · PLAINS OF UR, Iraq (AP) — 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.
Mar 6, 2021 · Sat 6 Mar 2021 02.32 EST. Pope Francis has had a symbolic meeting with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, one of the most senior clerics in Shia Islam, in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf. The...
