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Newshour: 06/03/2021 13:06 GMT: Pope Francis and Iraq's top Shia religious leader call for unity

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Pope Francis and Iraq's top Shia religious leader call for unity

06/03/2021 13:06 GMT

06/03/2021 13:06 GMT: Pope Francis and Iraq's top Shia religious leader call for unity

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Pope Francis has denounced the forces of extremism at an inter-faith gathering in Iraq

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Pope Francis has discussed the safety of Iraq's Christian minority with one of Shia Islam's most powerful figures, on his landmark trip to the country.

Danish authorities tell dozens of Syrian refugees they must return home because Damascus and the surrounding area is safe.

And one of the men behind the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine reflects on comments by politicians in europe which called into question the vaccines effectiveness in tackling Covid-19. 

(Photo: Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani with Pope Francis on Saturday. Credit: Reuters)

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