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Pope Francis meets Christians in an ancient church torched by the Islamic State group when it swept into the northern Iraqi town of Qaraqosh in 2014. IMAGES
Ur, Iraq, Mar 6 (EFE), (Camera: Cristina Cabrejas).- Pope Francis met with several Iraqi religious leaders, including one of Iraq’s most senior Shia clerics, on Saturday, the second day of the first ever papal visit to the war-torn Middle Eastern country.After landing in the capital Baghdad on Friday, the pontiff traveled to the southern city of Ur, where the prophet Abraham -- a principal figure in Islam, Judaism and Christianity -- was born, according to monotheistic tradition."From this place, where faith was born, from the land of our father Abraham, let us affirm that God is merciful and that the greatest blasphemy is to profane his name by hating our brothers and sisters," the pope said.FOOTAGE OF THE MEETING IN UR.
Pope Francis is welcomed by Iraqi President Barham Saleh as he arrives in the presidential palace on the first papal visit to Iraq. Pope Francis began his historic trip to war-scarred Iraq, defying security concerns and the coronavirus pandemic to comfort one of the world's oldest and most persecuted Christian communities. IMAGES TO COMPLETE WITH VIDI94C4B4_EN
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French President Francois Hollande has a private audience with Pope Francis, and visits a church in Rome to honor a murdered French priest and other victims of terrorism. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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