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Pope Francis and Iraq’s top Shiite cleric deliver message of peaceful coexistence

By Associated Press

March 6, 2021

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Pope Francis,, second from left, is seen of at the end of an interreligious meeting near the archaeological area of the Sumerian city-state of Ur on Saturday. Ur is considered the traditional birthplace of Abraham, the prophet common to Muslims, Christians and Jews. Francis traveled to the southern ruins of Ur on Saturday to reinforce his message of interreligious tolerance and fraternity during the first-ever papal visit to Iraq, a country riven by religious and ethnic divisions.
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Pope Francis, left, attends an interreligious meeting near the archaeological area of the Sumerian city-state of Ur.
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Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin wears an Iraqi-Vatican flags pin as he arrives ahead of an interreligious meeting with Pope Francis near the archaeological area of the Sumerian city-state of Ur.
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Pope Francis stands with religious leaders during an interreligious meeting near the archaeological area of the Sumerian city-state of Ur. Ur is considered the traditional birthplace of Abraham, the prophet common to Muslims, Christians and Jews.Francis traveled to the southern ruins of Ur on Saturday to reinforce his message of interreligious tolerance and fraternity during the first-ever papal visit to Iraq, a country riven by religious and ethnic divisions.
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Pope Francis is helped standing during an interreligious meeting near the archaeological area of the Sumerian city-state of Ur. Since the beginning of this trip to Iraq, Francis has been limping from an apparent flare-up of sciatica nerve pain that makes walking difficult.
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Pope Francis, in the black car at right, arrives at an interreligious meeting near the archaeological area of the Sumerian city-state of Ur.
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Pope Francis delivers his speech during an interreligious meeting near the archaeological area of the Sumerian city-state of Ur. Ur is considered the traditional birthplace of Abraham, the prophet common to Muslims, Christians and Jews. Earlier today Francis met privately with the country's revered Shiite leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.
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Pope Francis, center, listens during an interreligious meeting near the archaeological site of Ur. 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.
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Pope Francis, right, arrives at an interreligious meeting near the archaeological area of the Sumerian city-state of Ur on Saturday. Ur is considered the traditional birthplace of Abraham, the prophet common to Muslims, Christians and Jews.
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An Iraqi Air Force helicopter hovers over the house of Shiite Muslim leader Grand Ayatollah during a meeting with the Pope Francis in Najaf, Iraq.

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