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A handout picture provided by Vatican News shows Pope Francis meeting top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, in the Iraqi shine city of Najaf, in a landmark moment in modern religious history. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI94E2XN_EN
Pope Francis leaves the house of Iraq's top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani following their extraordinary meeting, on the second day of his historic Iraq. Sistani, 90, almost never holds meetings but made an exception for 84-year-old Francis, who is making the first-ever papal trip to Iraq to encourage dwindling Christians and extend his hand to Shiite Muslims. IMAGES
Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric says Sunni refugees with links to Islamic State should not be allowed back to areas liberated by government forces such as Ramadi. Rough Cut - Subtitled (No reporter narration).
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives at the Vatican to meet Pope Francis, who on Saturday said he was suffering from bronchitis. IMAGES
Pope Francis rides in the popemobile as he arrives a major Catholic youth festival in the capital Lisbon's Tejo Park. IMAGES
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