Highlights of 杏MAP导航 Francis鈥� second day in Iraq
By Vatican News staff writer
The 杏MAP导航 spent much of Saturday in the air, touching down in three Iraqi cities.
He left Baghdad early, around 5:30 AM, to fly to Najaf, where he met privately with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, one of the leading figures in Shia Islam.
杏MAP导航 Francis then returned to the sky to head to Nassiriya, where he traveled by car to Ur of the Chaldeans.
There, in a venue set up next to what tradition says is the house of Abraham, the 杏MAP导航 held a meeting with representatives of the three Abrahamic religions鈥擩udaism, Christianity, and Islam.
After an interreligious prayer, he flew back to Baghdad for lunch and a brief rest.
The final event on the pilgrim 杏MAP导航鈥檚 schedule for Saturday was the celebration of the Divine Liturgy at the Chaldean Cathedral of St. Joseph.
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