WEEK IN RELIGIONHoping to build a greater understanding and dialogue between the Catholic Church and Sunni Islam, Pope Francis met with Sheikh Amed al-Tayeb, the grand imam of Cairo's al-Azhar mosque, last week at the Vatican. It was the first meeting between the two faiths highest authorities since 2000. According to reports, the two leaders agreed to resume dialogue and proposed a conference that would cover the issues of poverty, extremism and terrorism. Although ties between the two [...]
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