Pope, on Iraq visit, decries violence in the name of God as 'greatest blasphemy'

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By McHugh in News
Updated 3 years ago

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 violence in the name of God as "the greatest blasphemy".

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