Cardinal says pope will meet top Shiite leader in Iraq catholicnews.com

Cardinal Louis Sako, the Baghdad-based patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, told reporters Jan. 28 that Pope Francis’ March trip to Iraq is still on and that the pope plans to meet personally with Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, leader of the country’s Shiite Muslim majority.

The cardinal spoke to reporters Jan. 28 during an online news conference sponsored by L’Oeuvre d’Orient, the French Catholic charity that supports Eastern Christians, and by the French bishops’ conference…

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