Pope Francis has met with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, one of the most senior leaders in Shia Islam, in Iraq\u2019s holy city of Najaf to deliver a message of peaceful coexistence, urging Muslims to embrace Iraq\u2019s long-beleaguered Christian minority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The meeting, on the second day of the first-ever papal visit to Iraq, marked a landmark moment in modern religious history and a milestone in the Pope\u2019s efforts to deepen interfaith dialogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pope Francis later addressed the rich spectrum of Iraq\u2019s religious communities at Ur, the birthplace of the Prophet Abraham, a central figure in the Christian, Jewish and Muslim faiths, where he made an impassioned plea for \u201cunity\u201d after conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ur was an important Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia, located at the site of modern Tell el-Muqayyar in south Iraq’s Dhi Qar Governorate. The city is located on the south bank of the Euphrates River.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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