Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani

A building is illuminated with a picture of Pope Francis with Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, in Baghdad, Iraq March 7, 2021. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily/File Photo
Middle East

How a 92-year-old cleric silently halted Iraq's slide back into war

Pope Francis meets with Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, in Najaf, Iraq March 6, 2021. REUTERS Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani office
World+Biz

Pope, on Iraq visit, decries violence in the name of God as 'greatest blasphemy'