Pope Francis meets with Ayatollah Sistani during visit to Iraq

Pope Francis has held closed-door talks with Iraq’s prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on the second day of his visit to the Arab country. The meeting took place at Ayatollah Sistani’s residence in the city of Najaf on Saturday morning. The office of Ayatollah Sistani said in a statement that he highlighted challenges facing mankind and stressed the role of belief in God and commitment to high moral values ​​in overcoming them….