{"id":42779,"date":"2023-03-14T17:32:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T16:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1.romereports.com\/2023\/03\/14\/pope-francis-writes-letter-to-al-sistani\/"},"modified":"2023-03-14T17:32:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T16:32:00","slug":"pope-francis-writes-letter-to-al-sistani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/2023\/03\/14\/pope-francis-writes-letter-to-al-sistani\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis writes letter to al-Sistani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis met Ali al-Sistani, one of the most prominent spiritual leaders of Shia Muslims, when he traveled to Iraq in 2021.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now, two years later, he addressed a letter to al-Sistani, emphasizing the importance of collaboration and friendship among different religions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Pope highlighted their mutual need for political action while also thanking al-Sistani for his commitment defending those suffering persecution. Al-Sistani was one of Iraq's key leaders in protecting his people in the fight against ISIS.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The letter was sent on the occasion of a conference in Najaf, Iraq, titled, \u201cCatholics and Shiites Facing the Future\u201d, hosted by the Community of Sant'Egidio and the Al-Khoei Institute of Najaf.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>AT<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis met Ali al-Sistani when he traveled to Iraq in 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":7296,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/dZD9ICJmzBo","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bsmsalsistanieng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bsmsalsistaniint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42779"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}