Prelate Urges Pope to Sign Catholic-Shia Pact churchmilitant.com

Iraq’s top prelate is persuading Pope Francis to sign an interfaith covenant with Shia Islam’s top cleric, similar to the human fraternity declaration the pontiff ratified with the global leader of Sunni Muslims in Abu Dhabi 2019.

“It is a desire we share with the Shiite [Muslims],” Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans Louis Raphaël Sako said in light of the pope’s forthcoming trip to Iraq, confirming the meeting between Francis and Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-Sistani in Najaf on March 6…

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