Pope Francis arrives at Sistani's house in Najaf

The supreme Shiite cleric in Iraq, Ali al-Sistani, met today at his home in Najaf with Pope Francis, the Pope of the Vatican, who is currently visiting Iraq.

The spokesman for the Supreme Committee organizing the visit of the Vatican Pope Francis to Iraq, Ahmed Al-Sahhaf, had previously mentioned that Sistani's meeting with Pope Francis comes on the second day of his historic visit to Iraq, which is the first of its kind and also an unprecedented visit by the Pope of the Vatican to the city of Najaf / / 180 km South of Baghdad /, and this meeting raises a spirit of brotherhood, tolerance, interfaith dialogue and the rejection of hatred.

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