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The Catholic Pope Saint Francis visited Iraq on Friday and landed at Baghdad International Airport that afternoon, where he was welcomed by Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi, and then he met with President Baram · Barham Saleh and other government and religious figures, President Barham Saleh (Barham Saleh) made an invitation to the Vatican in 2019. The 90-year-old reclusive but highly respected Iraqi Shiite religious leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani will host him in the humble small home in Shiite holy city of Najaf. This meeting will be an important step in deepening the friendship between Catholicism and Shia Muslims. Shia Muslims are the majority in Iraq, but they are a minority in the Muslim world. Marsin Alshamary, a researcher at the Brookings Institution in the United States, said: "Although there have been great changes in religion around the world, people's respect for Sistani has not changed at all. "
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The Catholic Pope Saint Francis visited Iraq on Friday and landed at Baghdad International Airport that afternoon, where he was welcomed by Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi, and then he met with President Baram · Barham Saleh and other government and religious figures, President Barham Saleh (Barham Saleh) made an invitation to the Vatican in 2019. The 90-year-old reclusive but highly respected Iraqi Shiite religious leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani will host him in the humble small home in Shiite holy city of Najaf. This meeting will be an important step in deepening the friendship between Catholicism and Shia Muslims. Shia Muslims are the majority in Iraq, but they are a minority in the Muslim world. Marsin Alshamary, a researcher at the Brookings Institution in the United States, said: "Although there have been great changes in religion around the world, people's respect for Sistani has not changed at all. "
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