Pope Francis entered a narrow alleyway in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf to hold a historic meeting with the county’s top Shi’ite cleric and visited the birthplace of the Prophet Abraham on Saturday to …
Pope Francis denounces extremism on historic visit to Iraq
Pope Francis has condemned extremism in the name of religion on a historic visit to Iraq where he discussed the plight of the Christian minority. “Hostility, extremism and violence are not born of a …
Pope, on Iraq visit, decries violence in the name of God as ‘greatest blasphemy’
Pope Francis walked down a narrow alleyway in the holy city of Najav to hold a historic meeting with Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric and visited the birthplace of the Prophet Abraham on Saturday to condemn …
Pope Francis holds historic meeting with Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric
Pope Francis held a historic meeting with Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on Saturday, in a powerful appeal for coexistence in a country torn by sectarianism and violence.
Pope Francis holds historic meeting with Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric
Pope Francis held a historic meeting with Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on Saturday, in a powerful appeal for coexistence in a country torn by sectarianism and violence.
The Latest: Pope calls for unity among faiths in Iraq’s Ur
Pope Francis is urging Iraq’s Muslim and Christian religious leaders to put aside animosities and work together for peace and unity …
The pope and the ayatollah: Francis meets Iraq’s Sistani
Pope Francis is starting the second of his four-day trip through Iraq, the first-ever papal visit to that country. Here’s what we’re watching: ●He is meeting with Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, a …
Pope, top Iraq Shiite cleric hold historic, symbolic meeting
Pope Francis and Iraq’s top Shiite cleric have delivered a powerful message of peaceful coexistence, urging Muslims to embrace Iraq’s long-beleaguered Christian minority during an historic meeting …
Pope Francis meets Grand Ayatollah Sistani on historic Iraq tour
Pontiff, 84, continues visit amid tight security and concerns about rising Covid infection rates …
Pope Francis Calls for Equal Rights for Christians at Start of Iraq Visit
The pontiff began a densely scheduled visit to Iraq fraught with public-health and security risks, his first trip outside of Italy in more than a year.