Pope Francis meets Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric, visits birthplace of Prophet Abraham

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By Vannessa in News
Updated 3 years ago

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

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