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Pope Francis meets top Sunni cleric after five-year freeze
Source: BBC
Pope Francis meets top Sunni cleric after five-year freeze
23 May 2016 Europe
Pope Francis has met the grand imam of Cairo's al-Azhar mosque after a five-year pause in dialogue between the Roman Catholic Church and the mosque, the highest authority of Sunni Islam.
Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb visited the Vatican en route to a Paris conference involving Muslims and Catholics.
Al-Azhar froze meetings in 2011 after taking offence at some comments made by the previous pope.
It said Pope Benedict made "repetitive and negative statements" about Muslims.
At the start of the half-hour meeting on Monday, the Pope said that the fact it was taking place at all was significant.
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23 May 2016 Europe
Pope Francis has met the grand imam of Cairo's al-Azhar mosque after a five-year pause in dialogue between the Roman Catholic Church and the mosque, the highest authority of Sunni Islam.
Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb visited the Vatican en route to a Paris conference involving Muslims and Catholics.
Al-Azhar froze meetings in 2011 after taking offence at some comments made by the previous pope.
It said Pope Benedict made "repetitive and negative statements" about Muslims.
At the start of the half-hour meeting on Monday, the Pope said that the fact it was taking place at all was significant.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36364478
[font size=1]Relations between Roman Catholicism and Sunni Islam have improved since Pope Francis took office in 2013[/font]
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