Pope Francis thanks Iraq’s top Shiite cleric during symbolic meet

On Saturday, Pope Francis and Iraq’s top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, held a symbolic meeting in the city of Najaf. The meeting was aimed at propagating peaceful coexistence between the Muslims and the Christian minority in Iraq. Pope Francis thanked al-Sistani for having ’raised his voice in defense of the weakest and most persecuted.’

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